Rapid-Q Documentation by William Yu (c)1999	Appendix A: APPLICATION

APPLICATION Component

This object is global, and need not be created.

Application Properties

Field	Type	R/W	Default	Support

ExeName	STRING	R		WXG
	The executable name of the application, path name is excluded (use COMMAND$(0) for full path information).
Handle	INTEGER	R		W
	hInstance of the application.
HelpFile	STRING	RW		W
	HelpFile specifies the name of the file the application uses to display help.
HintColor	INTEGER	RW	clInfoBk	W
	HintColor determines the color of the hint boxes for the Help Hints.
HintHidePause	INTEGER	RW	2500	W
	HintHidePause specifies the time interval to wait before hiding the Help Hint if the mouse has not moved from the control or menu item.
HintPause	INTEGER	RW	500	W
	HintPause specifies the time interval that passes before the control's Help Hint appears when the user places the mouse pointer on a control or menu item.
HintShortPause	INTEGER	RW	50	W
	HideShortPause specifies the pause to wait before bringing up a hint if a hint has already been shown.
Icon	STRING	RW		W
	Specify an icon filename to appear as the default icon of your application.
IcoHandle	RESOURCE	W		W
	Specify an icon resource to appear as the default icon of your application. Example: $RESOURCE game_ICO AS "game.ico" Application.IcoHandle = game_ICO
ShowHint	INTEGER	RW	True	W
Title	STRING	RW		W

Application Methods

Method	Type	Description	Params	Support

HelpCommand	SUB (Command AS WORD, Data AS LONG)	Accesses the Help commands in the WinHelp API	2	W
HelpContext	SUB (Context AS LONG)	Bring up the Application's HelpFile at specifed Context ID	1	W
HelpJump	SUB (JumpID AS STRING)	Brings up the HelpFile and displays the screen in the Help file that has the JumpID	1	W
Minimize	SUB	Minimize Application	0	W
Terminate	SUB	Terminates Application	0	WXG

Application Examples

  Application.HintColor = &H00FF00

  CREATE Form AS QFORM
      CREATE Button AS QBUTTON
          Hint = "Button Hint"
          ShowHint = 1
      END CREATE
      ShowModal
  END CREATE

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