SCO Visual Tcl Programmer's Guide and Reference

Table of Contents

• About this book
  • How this book is organized
  • Related documentation
  • Typographical conventions
  • How can we improve this book?
• Chapter 1: Introducing SCO Visual Tcl
  • Basic components of SCO Visual Tcl
  • How SCO Visual Tcl works
  • Widgets
    • The Application widget and widget tree
    • Widget naming
    • Widget layout
    • Dialog widgets
    • Widget focus
    • Additional widget support
  • Events and callbacks
  • Commands
    • Command and option structure and validation
  • Developing for the character environment
  • Some useful features of SCO Visual Tcl
  • Other SCO Visual Tcl Resources
• Chapter 2: Creating an SCO Visual Tcl program -- an overview
  • The kill program example
  • Defining the callbacks
  • Coding the supporting routines
  • Outline of kill program procedures
  • Coding the Main routine
    • Establishing a connection to the server (VtOpen)
    • Creating the main form (VtFormDialog)
  • Defining the menu tree
    • Creating the menu bar (VtMenuBar)
    • Creating menu buttons (VtPushButton)
  • Creating the process list (VtList, VxSetVar)
  • Attaching variables to a form (VxSetVar)
    • Retrieving attached variables (VxGetVar)
    • VxSetVar example
  • Reviewing the Main routine
  • Getting the process ID (MenuKillCB)
    • About keyed lists and the callback structure (cbs)
    • Getting the process ID (PID)
    • About question dialogs
    • Creating the question dialog (VtQuestionDialog)
  • Specifying an action when user clicks OK (KillFormOkCB)
  • Updating process list in response to user (MenuRefreshCB)
  • Exiting the program (MenuExitCB)
  • Updating the process list (DoRefresh)
  • Displaying the process list (GetPsList)
  • Completed kill program
• Chapter 3: The SCO Visual Tcl environment
  • vtcl environment variables
  • *_vtcld environment variables
  • Character mode environment variables
  • Character server command flags (cm_vtcld)
  • Interpreter command flags (vtcl)
• Chapter 4: Using callbacks and procedures
  • Callback data structure (cbs) and keyed lists
  • Other defined callbacks
    • defaultCallback
    • dialogCallback
    • errorCallback
    • helpKeyCallback
    • itemSelectCallback
    • losingFocusCallback
    • shortHelpCallback
    • valueChangedCallback
• Chapter 5: Adding online help
  • About short help
  • Creating short help
  • About context-sensitive help
  • Creating context-sensitive help
    • Dumping the widget sums
    • Template widget sums for main window: appGUI (partial list)
    • Creating a help book
    • Creating the hook file
    • Adding a help book to the system
    • Testing your help book
  • Displaying manual pages with VtDisplayHelp
• Appendix A: Command options by class
  • Geometry class options
  • Object class options
  • Button class options
  • Dialog class options
  • Form class options
  • Label class options
  • List class options
  • RowColumn class options
• Appendix B: Command options alphabetical list
• Appendix C: SCO Visual Tcl interpreter errors
  • Examples of error generation
  • Tcl widget creation errors
  • Tcl communication errors
  • Tcl miscellaneous errors
  • Tcl list addition, deletion, selection, and deselection errors
• Appendix D: User interface style conventions
  • Industry guidelines
  • What makes a good user interface?
  • GUI design methodology
  • GUI design elements
    • Action message
    • Cascade menu
    • Checkbox
    • Close
    • Default action
    • Default button
    • Default value
    • Dialog box
    • Error dialog
    • Feedback
    • Highlighting
    • Information message
    • Labels
    • List box
    • Menu bar
    • Message
    • Push button
    • Progress indicator
    • Radio button
    • Refresh
    • Shortcut Keys
    • Tool bar
    • View
    • Warning message
  • CHARM interface guidelines
    • Navigation
    • Selection
    • Window components
• Appendix E: (TCL) commands by type
  • Environment commands
  • Flow of control commands
  • Information commands
  • File input and output commands
  • List handling commands
  • Regular expression commands
  • TCL interpreter
  • Variable and array commands
  • Basic commands
  • Debugging and development commands
  • UNIX System access commands
  • TCP/IP server access
  • File scanning commands
  • Math commands
  • Keyed lists
  • String and character manipulation commands
  • XPG/3 message catalog commands
  • Help commands
  • Loadable libraries and packages
  • Package library management commands
• Appendix F: (VTCL) commands by type
  • Connection oriented commands
  • Widget creation commands
    • Dialogs
    • Generic layout widgets
    • Specialized layout widgets
    • Menu creation widgets
    • Compound widgets
    • Simple widgets
  • Widget manipulation commands
    • List manipulation commands
  • Other commands
  • Interpreter-only commands
• Appendix G: (TCL) commands
  • alarm(TCL)
  • append(TCL)
  • apropos(TCL)
  • array(TCL)
  • auto_commands(TCL)
  • auto_load(TCL)
  • auto_load_file(TCL)
  • auto_packages(TCL)
  • break(TCL)
  • bsearch(TCL)
  • buildpackageindex(TCL)
  • case(TCL)
  • catch(TCL)
  • catclose(TCL)
  • catgets(TCL)
  • catopen(TCL)
  • cd(TCL)
  • cequal(TCL)
  • cexpand(TCL)
  • chgrp(TCL)
  • chmod(TCL)
  • chown(TCL)
  • chroot(TCL)
  • cindex(TCL)
  • clength(TCL)
  • close(TCL)
  • cmdtrace(TCL)
  • commandloop(TCL)
  • concat(TCL)
  • continue(TCL)
  • convert_lib(TCL)
  • convertclock(TCL)
  • copyfile(TCL)
  • crange(TCL)
  • csubstr(TCL)
  • ctoken(TCL)
  • ctype(TCL)
  • dirs(TCL)
  • dup(TCL)
  • echo(TCL)
  • edprocs(TCL)
  • eof(TCL)
  • error(TCL)
  • eval(TCL)
  • exec(TCL)
  • execl(TCL)
  • exit(TCL)
  • expr(TCL)
  • fcntl(TCL)
  • file(TCL)
  • flock(TCL)
  • flush(TCL)
  • fmtclock(TCL)
  • for(TCL)
  • for_array_keys(TCL)
  • for_file(TCL)
  • for_recursive_glob(TCL)
  • foreach(TCL)
  • fork(TCL)
  • format(TCL)
  • frename(TCL)
  • fstat(TCL)
  • getclock(TCL)
  • gets(TCL)
  • glob(TCL)
  • global(TCL)
  • help(TCL)
  • helpcd(TCL)
  • helppwd(TCL)
  • history(TCL)
  • id(TCL)
  • if(TCL)
  • incr(TCL)
  • info(TCL)
  • infox(TCL)
  • intersect(TCL)
  • intersect3(TCL)
  • join(TCL)
  • keyldel(TCL)
  • keylget(TCL)
  • keylkeys(TCL)
  • keylset(TCL)
  • kill(TCL)
  • lappend(TCL)
  • lassign(TCL)
  • lempty(TCL)
  • lgets(TCL)
  • library(TCL)
  • lindex(TCL)
  • link(TCL)
  • linsert(TCL)
  • list(TCL)
  • llength(TCL)
  • lmatch(TCL)
  • loadlibindex(TCL)
  • loop(TCL)
  • lrange(TCL)
  • lreplace(TCL)
  • lrmdups(TCL)
  • lsearch(TCL)
  • lsort(TCL)
  • lvarcat(TCL)
  • lvarpop(TCL)
  • lvarpush(TCL)
  • max(TCL)
  • min(TCL)
  • mkdir(TCL)
  • nice(TCL)
  • open(TCL)
  • pid(TCL)
  • pipe(TCL)
  • popd(TCL)
  • proc(TCL)
  • profile(TCL)
  • profrep(TCL)
  • pushd(TCL)
  • puts(TCL)
  • pwd(TCL)
  • random(TCL)
  • read(TCL)
  • read_file(TCL)
  • readdir(TCL)
  • recursive_glob(TCL)
  • regexp(TCL)
  • regsub(TCL)
  • rename(TCL)
  • replicate(TCL)
  • return(TCL)
  • rmdir(TCL)
  • saveprocs(TCL)
  • scan(TCL)
  • scancontext(TCL)
  • scanfile(TCL)
  • scanmatch(TCL)
  • searchpath(TCL)
  • seek(TCL)
  • select(TCL)
  • server_info(TCL)
  • server_open(TCL)
  • set(TCL)
  • showproc(TCL)
  • signal(TCL)
  • sleep(TCL)
  • source(TCL)
  • split(TCL)
  • string(TCL)
  • switch(TCL)
  • sync(TCL)
  • system(TCL)
  • tclsh(TCL)
  • tclvars(TCL)
  • tell(TCL)
  • time(TCL)
  • times(TCL)
  • trace(TCL)
  • translit(TCL)
  • umask(TCL)
  • union(TCL)
  • unknown(TCL)
  • unlink(TCL)
  • unset(TCL)
  • uplevel(TCL)
  • upvar(TCL)
  • wait(TCL)
  • while(TCL)
  • write_file(TCL)
• Appendix H: (VTCL) commands
  • VtAddInput(VTCL)
  • VtAddTabGroup(VTCL)
  • VtAddTimeOut(VTCL)
  • VtAddWorkProc(VTCL)
  • VtBeep(VTCL)
  • VtCheckBox(VTCL)
  • VtClose(VTCL)
  • VtComboBox(VTCL)
  • VtControl(VTCL)
  • VtDestroy(VTCL)
  • VtDisplayHelp(VTCL)
  • VtDrawnList(VTCL)
  • VtDrawnListAddItem(VTCL)
  • VtDrawnListDeleteItem(VTCL)
  • VtDrawnListDeselectItem(VTCL)
  • VtDrawnListGetItem(VTCL)
  • VtDrawnListGetSelectedItem(VTCL)
  • VtDrawnListSelectItem(VTCL)
  • VtDrawnListSetItem(VTCL)
  • VtDrawnListSetItemValues(VTCL)
  • VtErrorDialog(VTCL)
  • VtFileSelectionDialog(VTCL)
  • VtForm(VTCL)
  • VtFormDialog(VTCL)
  • VtFrame(VTCL)
  • VtGet(VTCL)
  • VtHide(VTCL)
  • VtInfo(VTCL)
  • VtInformationDialog(VTCL)
  • VtLabel(VTCL)
  • VtList(VTCL)
  • VtListAddItem(VTCL)
  • VtListDeleteItem(VTCL)
  • VtListDeselectItem(VTCL)
  • VtListGetItem(VTCL)
  • VtListGetSelectedItem(VTCL)
  • VtListSelectItem(VTCL)
  • VtListSetItem(VTCL)
  • VtLock(VTCL)
  • VtMainLoop(VTCL)
  • VtMenuBar(VTCL)
  • VtMessageDialog(VTCL)
  • VtOpen(VTCL)
  • VtOptionMenu(VTCL)
  • VtPulldown(VTCL)
  • VtPushButton(VTCL)
  • VtQuestionDialog(VTCL)
  • VtQuitServer(VTCL)
  • VtRadioBox(VTCL)
  • VtRaise(VTCL)
  • VtRemoveAllTabGroups(VTCL)
  • VtRemoveInput(VTCL)
  • VtRemoveTabGroup(VTCL)
  • VtRemoveTimeOut(VTCL)
  • VtRemoveWorkProc(VTCL)
  • VtRowColumn(VTCL)
  • VtScale(VTCL)
  • VtSelectionDialog(VTCL)
  • VtSeparator(VTCL)
  • VtSet(VTCL)
  • VtSetAppValues(VTCL)
  • VtShow(VTCL)
  • VtText(VTCL)
  • VtToggleButton(VTCL)
  • VtUnLock(VTCL)
  • VtWarningDialog(VTCL)
  • VtWorkingDialog(VTCL)
  • VxAlignBaseLines(VTCL)
  • VxAlignedForm(VTCL)
  • VxCenterVertically(VTCL)
  • VxCheckBox(VTCL)
  • VxComboBox(VTCL)
  • VxEndFormCB(VTCL)
  • VxGetShortName(VTCL)
  • VxGetVar(VTCL)
  • VxList(VTCL)
  • VxMenu(VTCL)
  • VxMenuGetButton(VTCL)
  • VxOptionMenu(VTCL)
  • VxOptionMenuGetSelected(VTCL)
  • VxOptionMenuReplaceOptions(VTCL)
  • VxOptionMenuSetSelected(VTCL)
  • VxRadioBox(VTCL)
  • VxRowColumn(VTCL)
  • VxSetLeftOffsets(VTCL)
  • VxSetVar(VTCL)
  • VxSpinButton(VTCL)
  • VxSpinButtonSetMaxValue(VTCL)
  • VxSpinButtonSetMinValue(VTCL)
  • VxText(VTCL)
  • VxWidgetVarRef(VTCL)