Form

A fully customisable dialog. The form can be used as the base component for facilitating feedback from interactive scripts.

Example

    -- Create a 'Form' and a 'Label' to put on it

form = cf.Form.New("My Custom Dialog")
label = cf.FormLabel.New("Hello world!")

    -- Add the label to the form's layout

form:Add(label)

    -- Execute the form, potentially waiting for user input from buttons and widgets added
    -- to the form

form:Run()

Usage locations

The Form object can be accessed from the following locations:

Property List

Buttons
A grouping that contains the OK and Cancel buttons. (Read only FormButtons)
Height
The height in pixels of the form window. (Read only number)
Title
The title that will be displayed in the title bar at the top of the form. (Read/Write string)
Type
The object type string. (Read only string)
Width
The width in pixels of the form window. (Read only number)

Collection List

FormItems
The collection of item widgets contained in the form. (FormItemCollection of FormItem.)

Method List

Accept ()
Close the dialog and return true as return code for the Run() method.
Add (item FormItem)
Adds the given item to the form. Items can be any of the defined form item types.
Add (item FormItem, row number, column number)
Adds the given item to the form at the specified position. Positions are defined as a row and column, starting at (1,1).
Reject ()
Close the dialog and return false as return code for the Run() method.
Remove (item FormItem)
Removes the given item from the form. The item can be any of the items that resides in the collection of the form items.
Resize ()
Resize form to fit visible contents.
Run ()
Executes the form. The values of any items will be modified and made accessible in a script once the OK button on the form is pressed. (Returns a boolean object.)
SetSize (width number, height number)
Set the width and height of the form in pixels. Ensure that width and height are larger than zero.

Constructor Function List

Critical (title string, message string)
Creates a new critical message form and displays it. Further execution of the script is halted.
Info (title string, message string)
Creates an information message form and displays it.
New (title string, layout FormLayoutEnum)
Creates a new form with a specified label and layout. (Returns a Form object.)
New (title string)
Creates a new form with a specified label and vertical layout. (Returns a Form object.)
New ()
Creates a new form with a vertical layout. (Returns a Form object.)
Warning (title string, message string)
Creates a new warning message form and displays it.

Property Details

Buttons
A grouping that contains the OK and Cancel buttons.
Type
FormButtons
Access
Read only
Height
The height in pixels of the form window.
Type
number
Access
Read only
Title
The title that will be displayed in the title bar at the top of the form.
Type
string
Access
Read/Write
Type
The object type string.
Type
string
Access
Read only
Width
The width in pixels of the form window.
Type
number
Access
Read only

Collection Details

FormItems
The collection of item widgets contained in the form.
Type
FormItemCollection

Method Details

Accept ()
Close the dialog and return true as return code for the Run() method.
Add (item FormItem)
Adds the given item to the form. Items can be any of the defined form item types.
Input Parameters
item(FormItem)
The form item to add to the form.
Add (item FormItem, row number, column number)
Adds the given item to the form at the specified position. Positions are defined as a row and column, starting at (1,1).
Input Parameters
item(FormItem)
The form item to add to the form.
row(number)
The layout row position.
column(number)
The layout column position.
Reject ()
Close the dialog and return false as return code for the Run() method.
Remove (item FormItem)
Removes the given item from the form. The item can be any of the items that resides in the collection of the form items.
Input Parameters
item(FormItem)
The form item to remove from the form.
Resize ()
Resize form to fit visible contents.
Run ()
Executes the form. The values of any items will be modified and made accessible in a script once the OK button on the form is pressed.
Return
boolean
True for the OK button and false for the Cancel button.
SetSize (width number, height number)
Set the width and height of the form in pixels. Ensure that width and height are larger than zero.
Input Parameters
width(number)
Width of the form in pixels.
height(number)
Height of the form in pixels.

Static Function Details

Critical (title string, message string)
Creates a new critical message form and displays it. Further execution of the script is halted.
Input Parameters
title(string)
The form window title.
message(string)
The critical message to display on the form.
Info (title string, message string)
Creates an information message form and displays it.
Input Parameters
title(string)
The form window title.
message(string)
The information message to display on the form.
New (title string, layout FormLayoutEnum)
Creates a new form with a specified label and layout.
Input Parameters
title(string)
The form window title.
layout(FormLayoutEnum)
A value indicating how new items will be arranged.
Return
Form
The newly created form.
New (title string)
Creates a new form with a specified label and vertical layout.
Input Parameters
title(string)
The form window title.
Return
Form
The newly created form.
New ()
Creates a new form with a vertical layout.
Return
Form
The newly created form.
Warning (title string, message string)
Creates a new warning message form and displays it.
Input Parameters
title(string)
The form window title.
message(string)
The warning message to display on the form.