Embedding windows in windows

[Peter Horsbøll Møller]

Just thought I would share this with the list.

The questions about the graph window in a Info window style made me think about something that I had been trying to investigate before, but I just never found the time for this.

I was curious to see if it was possible to embed any window in a map window.
The short answer is "Yes, that is possible".

What I did was this:

1. Open a map window
2. Thru the MapBasic window run this command:
        Set Next Document Parent WindowInfo(FrontWindow(), 12) Style 1
3. Now open any new window, a browser, map, graph etc.
4. Now it looks as if your mapper also holds the new window.
5. Now run this command to change the size of the new window:
        Set window WindowID(2) width 8 units "cm" Height 8 units "cm"
6. Now you should be able to see the original map behind the window you embedded in the map.

I'm pretty sure you also can move the embedded window, but I haven't played with that yet.

So in this way it is possible to embed a graph in your map.
You can now see both the graph and the mapper at the same time.

Cool ?

Peter Horsbøll Møller
GIS Developer, MTM
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[esrispy]

excelent! that did the trick :-)
http://re3.mm-a2.yimg.com/image/2445412603

[Bill Thoen]

The technique Peter suggests works perfectly, and you can also move,
rescale or do anything else that you can do in a window even if it's an
embedded one. For example, if your next document happens to be a map
window, these commands also work:

set map window WindowID(2) center (-96, 39) zoom 3500 units "mi"
set window WindowID(2) position (5,0) units "in"

You can also open and control multiple windows in the first window,
which is a slick way to avoid the problem of a maximized window hiding
the ones behind it. The downside is that the user doesn't have as much
direct control over the child windows, so you might have to do some
extra programming to mange it all.

- Bill Thoen

[Peter Horsbøll Møller]

If you want to move and rescale the window, you should use this command when inserting the window:

 

Set Next Document Parent WindowInfo(FrontWindow(), 12) Style 2

or

 

Set Next Document Parent WindowInfo(FrontWindow(), 12) Style 3

In that way the window will have a small titlebar, you can hold the window with

 

Peter Horsbøll Møller

GIS Developer, MTM

Geographical Information & IT

 

COWI A/S

Odensevej 95

5260 Odense S.

Denmark

 

Tel   + 45 6311 4900

Dir   +45 6311 4908

Mob +45 5156 1045

Fax  + 45 6311 4949

E-mail p...@cowi.dk

http://www.cowi.dk

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Subject: [MI-L] Re: Embedding windows in windows