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windowType
Syntax
window whichWindow.windowType
the windowType of window whichWindow
Description
Window property; controls the display style of the window specified by whichWindow, as follows:
• 0—Movable, sizable window without zoom box
• 1—Alert box or modal dialog box
• 2—Plain box, no title bar
• 3—Plain box with shadow, no title bar
• 4—Movable window without size box or zoom box
• 5—Movable modal dialog box
• 8—Standard document window
• 12—Zoomable, nonresizable window
• 16—Rounded-corner window
• 49—Floating palette, during authoring (in Macintosh projectors, the value 49 specifies a
stationary window)
You can set this property before opening the window. Numbers 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, and 17
through 48 have no effect when used as the
windowType value.
You can change the
windowType setting after a window has been opened, but a delay may occur
while the window is redrawn.
If no
windowType setting is specified, a value of 0 is used.
In Microsoft Windows, these numbers create windows with the same functionality just described,
but with a Windows appearance. Other values for
windowType are possible, but use them with
caution, because some modal windows can be exited only when you restart the computer.
Example
This statement sets the value of the display style of the window named “Control_Panel” to 8:
window("Control_Panel").windowType = 8