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A message control is a static line of text or a static bitmap. The text or bitmap corresponds to the message’s label (see set-label).
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font : (is-a?/c font%) = (scheme normal-control-font) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
enabled : any/c = #t | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
vert-margin : (integer-in 0 1000) = 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
horiz-margin : (integer-in 0 1000) = 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
min-width : (integer-in 0 10000) = graphical-minimum-width | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
min-height : (integer-in 0 10000) = graphical-minimum-height | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
stretchable-width : any/c = #f | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
stretchable-height : any/c = #f |
Creates a string or bitmap message initially showing label. If label is a bitmap, then the bitmap must be valid (see ok? in bitmap%) and not installed in a bitmap-dc% object; otherwise, an exn:fail:contract exception is raised. If the bitmap has a mask (see get-loaded-mask in bitmap%) that is the same size as the bitmap, then the mask is used for the label; furthermore, in contrast to the limitations of draw-bitmap in dc<%>, non-monochrome label masks work consistently on all platforms. An 'app, 'caution, or 'stop symbol for label indicates an icon; 'app is the application icon (Windows and Mac OS X) or a generic “info” icon (X), 'caution is a caution-sign icon, and 'stop a stop-sign icon.
If & occurs in label, it is specially parsed; under Windows and X, the character following & is underlined in the displayed control to indicate a keyboard mnemonic. (Under Mac OS X, mnemonic underlines are not shown.) The mnemonic is meaningless for a message (as far as on-traverse-char in top-level-window<%> is concerned), but it is supported for consistency with other control types. A programmer may assign a meaning to the mnemonic (e.g., by overriding on-traverse-char).
If style includes 'deleted, then the message is created as hidden, and it does not affect its parent’s geometry; the message can be made active later by calling parent’s add-child method.
The font argument determines the font for the control. For information about the enabled argument, see window<%>. For information about the horiz-margin and vert-margin arguments, see subarea<%>. For information about the min-width, min-height, stretchable-width, and stretchable-height arguments, see area<%>.
Overrides set-label in window<%>.
The same as set-label in window<%> when label is a string.
Otherwise, sets the bitmap label for a bitmap message. Since label is a bitmap, the bitmap must be valid (see ok? in bitmap%) and not installed in a bitmap-dc% object; otherwise, an exn:fail:contract exception is raised. If the bitmap has a mask (see get-loaded-mask in bitmap%) that is the same size as the bitmap, then the mask is used for the label; furthermore, in contrast to the limitations of draw-bitmap in dc<%>, non-monochrome label masks work consistently on all platforms. The bitmap label is installed only if the control was originally created with a bitmap label.