Contents

• List of Figures
• Using the Forms Library
  • Introduction
  • Getting Started
    • Naming Conventions
    • Some Examples
    • Programming Model
  • Defining forms
    • Starting and ending a form definition
    • Boxes
    • Text
    • Buttons
    • Sliders
    • ValSliders
    • Input fields
    • Grouping objects
    • Hiding and showing objects
    • Deactivating, reactivating and triggering objects
    • Changing attributes
      • Color
      • Bounding boxes
      • Label attributes
      • Redrawing objects
      • Changing many attributes
    • Symbols
    • Adding and deleting objects
    • Freeing objects
  • Doing interaction
    • Simple interaction
    • Periodic events and non-blocking interaction
    • Dealing with multiple windows
    • Using callback functions
    • Handling other input sources
  • Free objects
    • Free object
    • An Example
  • Goodies
    • Messages and questions
    • Command log
    • Colormap
    • File selector
• The Form Designer
  • Introduction
  • Getting started
  • Command line arguments
  • Creating Forms
    • Creating, changing and deleting forms
    • Adding objects
    • Selecting objects
    • Moving and scaling
    • Aligning objects
    • Raising and lowering
    • Setting attributes
    • Generic Attributes
      • Colors
      • Object names and call-back routines
    • Object Specific Attributes
    • Cut, Copy and Paste
    • Groups
    • Hiding and showing
    • Testing forms
  • Saving and loading forms
  • Language Filters
    • External filters
    • Command line arguments of the filter
  • Generate hardcopies of the interface
• An overview of all object classes
  • Introduction
  • Static objects
    • Box
    • Frame
    • LabelFrame
    • Text
    • Bitmap
    • Pixmap
    • Clock
    • Chart
  • Button like objects
    • Button
  • Valuator objects
    • Slider
    • Scrollbars
    • Dial
    • Positioner
    • Counter
  • Input objects
    • Input
  • Choice objects
    • Menu
    • Choice
    • Browser
  • Container Objects
    • Folders
    • Menu Bar
  • Other objects
    • Timer
    • XYPlot
    • Pop-ups
    • Canvas
      • OpenGL canvases
• Designing your own object classes
  • Introduction
  • Global structure
    • The routine fl_add_NEW()
  • Events
    • Shortcuts
  • The type FL_OBJECT
  • Drawing objects
  • An example
  • New buttons
  • Using a pre-emptive handler
    • The Pre-emptive and Post Object Handler
• Appendices
  • Overview of main routines
    • Version Information
    • Initialization
    • Creating forms
    • Setting attributes
    • Doing interaction
    • Signals
    • Idle callbacks and timeouts
  • Some Useful Functions
    • Misc. Functions
  • Resources for Forms Library
    • Current Support
    • Going Further
  • Dirty Tricks
    • Interaction
      • Form Event
      • Object Events
    • Other
  • Trouble Shooting
• Index