MSM-Workstation Tutorial (part 5/5)
Window — CommonCode
;Program demonstrates program
development using MSM-Workstation - Chris Bonnici - Jan 1998
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;You are using this program at your own risk
;
; The Variable StackCnt will store within it the number of entries in the stack
; It has been arbitrarily decided to limit the size of the stack to 20 (stored in MaxCnt)
entries
Init S StackCnt=0,MaxCnt=20
D Focus(StackCnt)
Q
; When Cnt is 0 the Pop button will be disabled, when it is MaxCnt the Push area will
not be allowed to function
Focus(Cnt) I Cnt=0 %%Disable(Pop)
E %%Enable(Pop)
I Cnt=MaxCnt D
.%%Disable(Push)
.%%Hide(Add)
.Q
E D
.%%Enable(Push)
.%%Show(Add)
Q
; Calling Module would have set up Array
UpdSel N I
S I=1
F S I=$O(Array(I)) Q:I="" K Array(I)
%%SetSel(Structure,Array)
D Focus(StackCnt)
Window — Create
%%Hide(CompSci.)
DO Init
Window — Exit
%%Show(CompSci.)
Control Add — Push
N Array,I
; Don't push an invalid entry
Q:var'?1N.N
%%GetChoice(Structure,Array)
S I=""
F S I=$O(Array(I),-1)
Q:I=""
S Array(I+1)=Array(I)
S Array(1)=var
%%ResetChoice(Structure,Array)
S StackCnt=StackCnt+1
D UpdSel
Q
Control Number — Create
set var=""
Control Pop — Push
N Array,I
%%GetChoice(Structure,Array)
S I=1
F S I=$O(Array(I)) Q:I=""
S Array(I-1)=Array(I)
K Array(StackCnt)
%%ResetChoice(Structure,Array)
S StackCnt=StackCnt-1
D UpdSel
Q
The object Structure cannot be manipulated by the
user. In fact if your fill in the array and attempt to change (or even move) the selection
or the scroll bars nothing will work. From the code, you can see that there are no events
associated with it. We have made the object inactive and set it as display only through
the dialog box that appears then its definition is selected.
Goodbye
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1. In Add1,
try changing the radio buttons into another object.
2. Modify Add1, putting in a tape. Each number or operation change will insert the equation and answer into this tape. For example it would display 5+0=5. Limit the size of the tape to 100 entries. If there are more than 100, delete the oldest entry.
3. Write a version of Queue called Pqueue. This will be a priority queue. The number supplied will be the weighting. The largest numbers will have the topmost priority and will therefore be removed first. Incorporate everything into CompSci, modifying the menu accordingly.
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