This section lists the global variables, constants, and defined types that are defined in the Application Kit. Error codes are documented in the chapter on the Support Kit.
Although the Application Kit defines the constants for all system messages (such as B_REFS_RECEIVED and B_KEY_DOWN), only those that objects in this kit handle are listed here. Those that designate interface messages are documented in the chapter on the Interface Kit.
Declared in: be/app/Application.h
BApplication *be_app
This variable provides global access to the BApplication object. It's initialized by the BApplication constructor.
See also: the BApplication class
Declared in: be/app/Application.h
BMessenger *be_app_messenger
This variable provides global access to a BMessenger object whose target is be_app. It's initialized by the BApplication constructor.
See also: the BApplication class
Declared in: be/app/Clipboard.h
BClipboard *be_clipboard
This variable gives applications access to the system clipboard--the shared repository of data for cut, copy, and paste operations. It's initialized at startup.
See also: the BClipboard class
Declared in: be/app/Roster.h
const BRoster *be_roster
This variable points to the application's global BRoster object. The BRoster keeps a roster of all running applications and can add applications to the roster by launching them. It's initialized when the application starts up.
See also: the BRoster class
Declared in: be/app/Roster.h
| Constant |
|---|
| B_BACKGROUND_APP |
| B_ARGV_ONLY |
| B_LAUNCH_MASK |
These constants are used to get information from the flags field of an app_info structure.
See also: BRoster::GetAppInfo(), "Launch Constants" below
Declared in: be/app/AppDefs.h
| Constant |
|---|
| B_QUIT_REQUESTED |
| B_READY_TO_RUN |
| B_APP_ACTIVATED |
| B_ABOUT_REQUESTED |
| B_QUIT_REQUESTED |
| B_ARGV_RECEIVED |
| B_REFS_RECEIVED |
| B_PULSE |
These constants represent the system messages that are recognized and given special treatment by BApplication and BLooper dispatchers. Application messages concern the application as a whole, rather than any particular window thread. See the introduction to this chapter and the BApplication class for details.
See also: "Application Messages" on page 30 of the BApplication class
Declared in: be/app/AppDefs.h
const unsigned char B_HAND_CURSOR[]
const unsigned char B_I_BEAM_CURSOR[]
These constants contain all the data needed to set the cursor to the default hand image or to the standard I-beam image for text selection.
See also: BApplication::SetCursor()
Declared in: be/app/MessageFilter.h
| Constant |
|---|
| B_SKIP_MESSAGE |
| B_DISPATCH_MESSAGE |
These constants list the possible return values of a filter function.
See also: BMessageFilter::Filter()
Declared in: be/app/Roster.h
| Constant |
|---|
| B_MULTIPLE_LAUNCH |
| B_SINGLE_LAUNCH |
| B_EXCLUSIVE_LAUNCH |
These constants explain whether an application can be launched any number of times, only once from a particular executable file, or only once for a particular application signature. This information is part of the flags field of an app_info structure and can be extracted using the B_LAUNCH_MASK constant.
See also: BRoster::GetAppInfo(), "Application Flags" above
Declared in: be/app/Looper.h
| Constant |
|---|
| B_LOOPER_PORT_DEFAULT_CAPACITY |
This constant records the default capacity of a BLooper's port. The default is 100 slots; a greater or smaller number can be specified when constructing the BLooper.
See also: the BLooper constructor
Declared in: be/app/AppDefs.h
These constants mark messages that the system sometimes puts together, but that aren't dispatched like system messages. See "Standard Messages" in the Message Protocols appendix for details.
See also: BMessage::SendReply(), the BTextView class in the Interface Kit
Declared in: be/app/MessageFilter.h
| Constant |
|---|
| B_ANY_DELIVERY |
| B_DROPPED_DELIVERY |
| B_PROGRAMMED_DELIVERY |
These constants distinguish the delivery criterion for filtering a BMessage.
See also: the BMessageFilter constructor
Declared in: be/app/MessageFilter.h
| Constant |
|---|
| B_ANY_SOURCE |
| B_REMOTE_SOURCE |
| B_LOCAL_SOURCE |
These constants list the possible constraints that a BMessageFilter might impose on the source of the messages it filters.
See also: the BMessageFilter constructor
Declared in: be/app/Message.h
| Constant |
|---|
| B_NO_SPECIFIER |
| B_DIRECT_SPECIFIER |
| B_INDEX_SPECIFIER |
| B_REVERSE_INDEX_SPECIFIER |
| B_RANGE_SPECIFIER |
| B_REVERSE_RANGE_SPECIFIER |
| B_NAME_SPECIFIER |
| B_ID_SPECIFIER |
| B_SPECIFIERS_END = 128 |
These constants fill the what slot of specifier BMessages. Each constant indicates what other information the specifer contains and how it should be interpreted. For example, a B_REVERSE_INDEX_SPECIFIER message has an "index" field with an index that counts backwards from the end of a list. A B_NAME_SPECIFIER message includes a "name" field that names the requested item.
Declared in: be/app/Roster.h
typedef struct {
thread_id thread;
team_id team;
port_id port;
uint32 flags;
entry_ref ref;
char signature[B_MIME_TYPE_LENGTH];
app_info(void);
~app_info(void);
} app_info
This structure is used by BRoster's GetAppInfo(), GetRunningAppInfo(), and GetActiveAppInfo() functions to report information about an application. Its constructor ensures that its fields are initialized to invalid values. To get meaningful values for an actual application, you must pass the structure to one of the BRoster functions. See those functions for a description of the various fields.
See also: BRoster::GetAppInfo()
Declared in: be/app/MessageFilter.h
typedef enum { . . . } filter_result
This type distinguishes between the B_SKIP_MESSAGE and B_DISPATCH_MESSAGE return values for a filter function.
See also: BMessageFilter::Filter()
Declared in: be/app/MessageFilter.h
typedef enum { . . . } message_delivery
This type enumerates the delivery criteria for filtering a message.
See also: the BMessageFilter constructor
Declared in: be/app/MessageFilter.h
typedef enum { . . . } message_source
This type enumerates the source criteria for filtering a message.
See also: the BMessageFilter constructor
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