GUI.CreatePictureRadioButton[Full]Part of GUI module

Syntax   GUI.CreatePictureRadioButton (x, y, picture : int,
    joinID : int, actionProc : procedure x ()):int

GUI.CreatePictureRadioButtonFull (x, y : int,
    picture, joinID : int, actionProc : procedure x (), width,height : int,
    shortcut : char, mergePic : boolean) : int

Description   Creates a picture radio button and returns the button's widget ID.

Picture radio buttons behave like picture buttons (see GUI.CreatePictureButton) except that they have the "radio" property. That is, one of the buttons in the radio group is always selected, and if another button in the group is selected, the previously selected button is unselected.

A common example is the buttons on a paint program that indicate the current shape being painted. The maple leaf button is currently selected. If the star button is selected by the user, the maple leaf button becomes unselected. For picture buttons, the selected button appears depressed.

Four Picture Radio Buttons with the Maple Leaf Seledcted

A radio group is created by first creating a single radio button. To add another button to the group, a second radio button is created specifying the first radio button in the joinID parameter. Subsequent radio buttons are added, each specifying a previous member of the group in the joinID parameter.

The picture must be created by the program beforehand using Pic.New or Pic.FileNew. The resulting picture can then be used as a parameter to GUI.CreatePictureButton. In general, pictures should be a maximum of about 50 pixels high and wide, although there is no built-in limit in the GUI library.

The x and y parameters specify the lower-left corner of the picture radio button. If these are both 1 and joinID is not zero, then the button will be placed directly below the previous picture radio button in the group. The picture parameter specifies the picture ID of the picture to be displayed on the button. (Note that, in general, this picture should be fairly small.) The picture ID is received from a Pic.New or Pic.FileNew call. Do not call Pic.Free for this picture ID until the button has been disposed of by calling GUI.Dispose. The joinID parameter specifies a member of the radio group that this widget should join. A joinID of 0 sepecifies this radio button is not a member of any group. The actionProc parameter specifies the name of a procedure that is called when the picture button is pressed.

For GUI.CreatePictureRadioButtonFull, the width and height parameters specify the width and height of the button. If they are set to 0, then the picture radio button is automatically sized to fit the picture. If you need to know the precise size of the button, use the GUI.GetWidth and GUI.GetHeight functions. If width and height are larger than the picture, the picture is centered in the button. The shortCutparameter is the keystroke to be used as the button's shortcut. The mergePic parameter specifies whether anything that was the background colour in the picture (usually colour 0) should be set to the background colour of the button (which is usually gray). This defaults to true for CreatePictureRadioButton.

Example   The following program creates and displays for picture radio buttons.

        import GUI
        View.Set ("graphics:150;200,nobuttonbar") 
        
        const size : int := 25   % The buttons size.
        const border : int := 3
        
        var starButton, mapleButton, circleButton, squareButton : int
        var starPic, mapleLeafPic, circlePic, squarePic : int
        
        procedure StarPressed
            Text.Locate (1, 1)
            put "Star Pressed    "
        end StarPressed
        procedure MaplePressed
            Text.Locate (1, 1)
            put "Maple Pressed "
        end MaplePressed
        
        procedure CirclePressed
            Text.Locate (1, 1)
            put "Circle Pressed"
        end CirclePressed
        
        procedure SquarePressed
            Text.Locate (1, 1)
            put "Square Pressed"
        end SquarePressed
        
        % Create the pictures.
        % The star.
        Draw.Star (border, border, border + size, border + size, black)
        Draw.Star (border + 1, border + 1, border + size - 1,
            border + size - 1, black)
        Draw.FillStar (border + 2, border + 2, border + size - 2,
            border + size - 2, brightred)
        starPic := Pic.New (0, 0, 2 * border + size, 2 * border + size)
        
        % The mapleleaf.
        Draw.FillBox (border, border, border + size, border + size, white)
        Draw.MapleLeaf (border, border, border + size, border + size, black)
        Draw.MapleLeaf (border + 1, border + 1, border + size - 1,
            border + size - 1, black)
        Draw.FillMapleLeaf (border + 2, border + 2, border + size - 2,
            border + size - 2, brightred)
        mapleLeafPic := Pic.New (0, 0, 2 * border + size, 2 * border + size)
        
        % The circle.
        const radius : int := size div 2
        Draw.FillBox (border, border, border + size, border + size, white)
        Draw.Oval (border + radius, border + radius, radius, radius, black)
        Draw.Oval (border + radius, border + radius, radius - 1, radius - 1,
            black)
        Draw.FillOval (border + radius, border + radius, radius - 2,
            radius - 2, brightred)
        circlePic := Pic.New (0, 0, 2 * border + size, 2 * border + size)
        
        % The square.
        Draw.FillBox (border, border, border + size, border + size, white)
        Draw.Box (border, border, border + size, border + size, black)
        Draw.Box (border + 1, border + 1, border + size - 1,
            border + size - 1, black)
        Draw.FillBox (border + 2, border + 2, border + size - 2,
            border + size - 2, brightred)
        squarePic := Pic.New (0, 0, 2 * border + size, 2 * border + size)
        
        % Create the picture buttons.
        Draw.Cls
        starButton := GUI. CreatePictureRadioButton (10, maxy  80, 
            starPic, 0, StarPressed)
        mapleButton := GUI. CreatePictureRadioButton (-1, -1, 
            mapleLeafPic, starButton, MaplePressed)
        circleButton := GUI.CreatePictureRadioButton (-1, -1, 
            circlePic, mapleButton, CirclePressed)
        squareButton := GUI.CreatePictureRadioButton (-1, -1, 
            squarePic, circleButton, SquarePressed)
        
        loop
            exit when GUI.ProcessEvent
        end loop

Execute  

Details   When GUI.CreatePictureRadioButton or GUI.CreatePictureRadioButtonFull is called, the newly created picture will be displayed immediately unless GUI.DisplayWhenCreated has been called with the display parameter set to false.

When a picture radio button is not enabled, the picture radio button is grayed out and the picture button no longer responds to any mouse clicks or keystrokes until the button is enabled again.

Details   The following GUI subprograms can be called with a picture radio button as the widgetID parameter:

 GUI.Show, GUI.Hide, GUI.Enable, GUI.Disable, GUI.Dispose, GUI.GetX, GUI.GetY, GUI.GetWidth, GUI.GetHeight, GUI.SetPosition, GUI.SetSize, GUI.SetPositionAndSize, GUI.SelectRadio

Status   Exported qualified.

This means that you can only call the function by calling GUI.CreatePictureRadioButton, not by calling CreatePictureRadioButton.

See also   GUI.SelectRadio for selecting a picture radio button in a program. See also GUI.CreatePictureButton and GUI.CreateRadioButton for information on picture buttons and radio buttons.