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DOM42 library

Introduction

DOM42 is a JavaScript library for Windows93 which makes creating GUI for Windows93 apps simpler. In the start you need to create a new window. It can be done using 2 methods.

Method 1.

var root = $window42({ <stuff> });
//To see what goes to <stuff> look up $window({})

Method 2.

var win = $window({ <stuff> });
var root = new DOM42(win);

Adding widgets

Before the following it is advised to do $widget.Export(). That would enable you to do var btn = Button(...) instead of var btn = $widget.Button(...).

List of all widgets & their methods:

Below you can see the list of all widgets. Optional arguments will be marked with <...>.

• Label(text, )
  • setPosition(x, y)
  • setStyle(object)
• Button(text)
  • onClick(function)
  • setPosition(x, y, , )
  • setStyle(object)
• Input(, )
  • getText()
  • setText(text)
  • setPosition(x, y, , )
  • setStyle(object)
• Entry()
  • getText()
  • setText(text)
  • setPosition(x, y, , )
  • setStyle(object)
• Section()
  • setPosition(x, y, , )
  • setStyle(object)
• IFrame(src)
  • setPosition(x, y, , )
  • setStyle(object)

NOTE:

Section is a div element and it can be turned to DOM42 object by doing the following:

var sct = $widget.Section();
var root2 = new DOM42(sct);

Console

Console script is a library which consists of one class $console. $console constructor accepts one argument which represents window title and by creating object new window will be created. It has 2 methods:

1. obj.print(string) - prints the string to the console window
2. obj.input(string, callback) - prints the string and calls callback