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ehood10-Marble
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June 10, 2025
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Way to tell window_create() to use default window settings?

  • June 10, 2025
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Product: Arbortext Editor 8.2.2.1

 

I using window_create() to create an 'edit' window to contain a loaded document. If I just call it with the class parameter of 'edit', I end up with a bare-bones window, no menubar, toolbars, etc.  Looking at what is available for the flags parameter, I can find no option to tell  Editor to just give a window like the one that comes up when launching Editor from the Windows Start menu, or via File->Open.

 

Is there a simple way to obtain the appropriate bitmask for window_create() that represents the defaults?

Best answer by ClayHelberg

The function you're looking for is window_mask(), I think. This returns the flags for an existing window, which you can then apply to a new window. For example, assuming they have a document open when you want to do this, you could use something like this:

function editDoc(doc) {
 local flags = window_mask(current_window());
 local newwin = window_create("edit", flags, doc);
 return newwin;
}

If you don't have a window open that you can use to get the mask, you might be better off using the edit command to open the file directly, something like this:

edit -newwindow /path/to/doc.xml

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June 17, 2025

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ehood10-MarbleAuthor
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June 17, 2025

The question seems fairly basic: What argument to the flags parameter of the window_create function can I use that tells Editor to create window that reflects the user's default settings?  If I do the following:

window_raise(window_create('edit'))

I get an edit window with no toolbars and menus.  Just a bare edit window. If I provide a flags parameter, I have to explicitly specify what the window has, or it will not show.  And when it comes to toolbars, any toolbars not specified in flags is greyed out under View > Toolbars submenu, so the user cannot toggle their visibility after the window is created.

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    ClayHelberg18-OpalAnswer
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    July 3, 2025

    The function you're looking for is window_mask(), I think. This returns the flags for an existing window, which you can then apply to a new window. For example, assuming they have a document open when you want to do this, you could use something like this:

    function editDoc(doc) {
 local flags = window_mask(current_window());
 local newwin = window_create("edit", flags, doc);
 return newwin;
}

    If you don't have a window open that you can use to get the mask, you might be better off using the edit command to open the file directly, something like this:

    edit -newwindow /path/to/doc.xml
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      ehood10-MarbleAuthor
      10-Marble
      July 3, 2025

      Yep, I basically went with something similar, where I use window_mask() in a create callback and then use it for windows I create.  IMO, kludgy, but appears there is nothing in the ACL that allows me to create a window with default options.  Somewhere, Arbortext knows how to do it, just not exposed in the ACL.

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