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| - | '''Overview''' Running CTMAINT Toolbar Items Accelerator Items Popup Items View Sample Tools Export Bitmaps Version Number Control Generate Tool File | + | *'''Overview''' |
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| - | SuperNova tools are created and maintained with the CTMAINT utility program. Each tool context has a unique name (6 characters maximum), and contains three types of tools:
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| - | | + | *'''View Sample Tools ''' |
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| + | *'''Export Bitmaps ''' |
| - | accelerators
| + | *'''Version Number Control ''' |
| - | pop-up items
| + | *'''Generate Tool File ''' |
| - | A toolbar contains icons. These icons are bitmap images that represent a specific event (e.g., a picture of a comet represents the launching of a Comet session).
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| - | The icons are BMP files. Comet98 supports two sizes:
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| - | Small icons are 15 pixels wide by 16 pixels high (CTMAINT will accept images that are 16x16 pixels, but will truncate the bottom line of the image).
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| - | Large icons are 32 pixels wide by 32 pixels high.
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| - | For the sake of convenience, we recommend that you store the BMP files in a separate directory such as C:\BMP.
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| - | Accelerators consist of keyboard shortcuts. For example, the default tool context (the "initial tools") offers two accelerators:
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| - | Ctrl+N launches a new Comet session
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| - | Ctrl+P prints the current screen
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| - | A pop-up menu consists of menu headings plus one level of menu items. Each menu item represents a specific action. You can add separators between the menu items to visually separate sections of a menu.
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| - | SuperNova Actions
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| - | Each tool is associated with a specific action. For example, when you click the mouse on the comet icon, a new Comet session is launched. SuperNova provides a rich colletion of actions for each tool, including:
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| - | launching the Comet Help System (help messages, lookup programs, lookup tables)
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| - | executing a Comet subprogram
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| - | replaying a text string into a data entry field
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| - | launching a Windows document/application
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| - | performing a system action (launching a new Comet session, exiting from Comet, etc.)
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| - | intercepting the tool by the current MTB program
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| - | Some of the above actions are the same as the actions performed the by Nova function keys. In fact, the NOVA program processes the following SuperNova actions: launching the Comet Help System, executing a Comet subprogram, and replaying a text string.
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| - | The "system" actions consist of the following system-level operations:
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| - | 1 Launch a new Comet session
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| - | 2 Print the current screen (Windows dialog box)
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| - | 3 Print setup (Windows dialog box)
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| - | 4 Change font (Windows dialog box)
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| - | 5 Change color (Windows dialog box)
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| - | 6 About (Windows dialog box)
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| - | 7 Exit from Comet
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| - | 8 Toolbar display -- on/off toggle
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| - | 9 Status bar display -- on/off toggle
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| - | 10 Copy clipboard
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| - | 11 Paste clipboard
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| - | 12 Cut clipboard
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| - | 13 Display Comet release notes (RELNOTES.TXT text file)
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| - | 14 Tool button size -- toggle between small/large icons
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| - | SuperNova also offers the ability for an MTB program to intercept and process a tool, leaving the NOVA program out of the picture altogether. For example, clicking the mouse on a particular icon could result in the current program branching to a specific statement label. Likewise, selecting a menu item or using an accelerator key could result in an action by the current MTB program, not the NOVA program. For this reason, this type of tool is given a "no action" value, indicating that no Nova action is being taken. In general, this feature extends the capability for creating "event-driven" MTB applications.
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