guiframework - Constructor

Constructs the GUI framework, menus, work area, etc...

Synopsis
guiframework(title, menus, helpmenu, actions, guiframenote, parent)

Arguments

title	Window title
	Allowed:	Any string
	Default:	AIPS++Window
menus	menu records
	Allowed:	Glish menus records
	Default:	Default file and options menus
helpmenu	help record
	Allowed:	Glish help menu record
	Default:	Default help menus
actions	Action record
	Allowed:	Glish action record
	Default:	Default action buttons
guiframenote	note function
	Allowed:	any note function
	Default:	note
parent	Parent frame
	Allowed:	Frame to attach guiframework
	Default:	F

Description

The guiframework provides a consistent look and feel GUI for gui applications that use it. With it you can specify standard menus, help and actions.

If the parent frame is F guiframe work will generate the top-level frame.

Often we need to change the state of button, grey it, change a button label or the like. Rather than provide lots of guiframework functions to do these things, there is a backdoor using the app record. The app datamember of guiframework contains all the GUI elements defined by a guiframework. The scheme

The record app.mb.btns contain all the buttons in the menubar, a button is identified by the menu name and the menu item name. For example the 'file' menu is identified app.mb.btns.file, the open option on file is app.mb.btns.fileopen, menu items concatinated the menu name and menu item name to identify themselves.

Action buttons belong to the app.cmd.b record. A go action would be app.cmd.b.go.

Returns
A standard AIPS++GUI framework window

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	Package	display
	Module	guiutils
	Tool	guiframework