LabPP_Automat Guide for ARCHICAD

Attach a function to the control - an event handler.

Call:

ts_dialogcontrol(int iButtonDescr, "eventreaction", string eventfunctionname);

Here:

eventfunctionname - the name of the function that handles the event.

Example. 

To handle the response to a button click, create a function:

int iDialogDescr, iButtonZoom;
int main()
{
...// create a dialog box
    int x, y, w, h;
    x=1,y=1, w=200; h = 200;
    object("create","ts_dialog",iDialogDescr);
    ts_dialog(iDialogDescr, "init_dialog","palette",x,y,w,h);
    ts_dialog(iDialogDescr, "eventreaction", "Event_PanelCloseRequested");
    ts_dialog(iDialogDescr, "SetTitle","Bill of Quantity Calculation");
    bool bres;
   // create a control
   x=1; y=1; w=50; h=20;
   object("create","ts_dialogcontrol",iButtonZoom,"iButtonZoom");
    ts_dialogcontrol(iButtonZoom, "init_control", "button",iDialogDescr, x, y, w, h);
    ts_dialogcontrol(iButtonZoom, "eventreaction", "Event_ButtonClicked");
    ts_dialogcontrol(iButtonZoom, "settext", "Show");
...
    ts_dialog(iDialogDescr, "invoke",bres);
    cout << bres;
}

int Event_ButtonClicked(int iDescr, string sDescr)
{
   if(sDescr == "ButtonCancel")
   {
      ts_dialog(iDialogDescr,"PostCloseRequest","cancel"); // close dialog with cancel result
   }
   else if(sDescr == "ButtonOK")
   {
      ts_dialog(iDialogDescr,"PostCloseRequest","ok"); // close the dialog with the result "Ok"
   }
   else if(sDescr == "ButtonCalc")
   {
Calc();
   }
   else if(sDescr == "ButtonZoom")
   {
ZoomElementInProject();
   }
}

Now, on pressing the button, this function will be executed.

At the time of its execution, iDescr is the numeric value of the button handle that triggered the event, and sDescr is its object name (not to be confused with the button text). You can distinguish which button is pressed by design

if(iDescr == iDescrZoom)
{
   //
}
Or
if(sDescr == "iButtonZoom")
{
   //
}

It happens conveniently both by number and by name. For example, you can give a group of buttons the same name, perform common actions, and then distinguish them by a numeric descriptor.

Below is a table of function names - event handlers for each type of dialog controls.