Standard Methods

The methods listed here are standard methods that apply to many different items. Items which have a standard method only include the method name in their event table - please use the entry here to read about the method.

$canclose$canclose([bQuit=kFalse]) tests if the instance can be closed.Returns kTrue if it can be closed,kFalse if not.When quitting there may be calls with bQuit=kTrue,to test if it can close.When it is finally closed,there is a call with bQuit=kFalse
$close$close() attempts to close the instance
$redraw$redraw([bSetcontents=kTrue,bRefresh=kFalse,bBobjs=kFalse]) redraws the window or field;when called as $root.$redraw(),it applies to all open windows.bSetContents loads control data,bRefresh refreshes the screen,bBobjs redraws background objects