Wimp SWIs manual
This manual is part of a collection comprising the main public domain programming reference. The other manuals in the series are :
OS The base operating system stuff
Wimp The desktop part of the operating system
InetSWIs Internet based SWIs
InetSocket Internet socket calls
MiscSWIs Miscellaneous SWIs
VDU VDU commands
Toolbox Toolbox
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This page gives history and credits.
History for Wimp v1.00
22 Sep 1997
· First release
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History for Wimp v1.01
10 Oct 1997
· Re-organised the !Root page to try to make a little more logical.
· Updated 'style' of message entries; should all include parent and use +x<tab> to indicate the parameter block.
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History for Wimp v1.02
15 Nov 1997
· Updates to minor sections (bug fixes after pre-release to IRC'ers)
· Device Claim, ClaimEntity and TaskStarted documented (Dave Thomas)
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History for Wimp v1.03
07 Jan 1998 - 15 Jan 1998
· DDEUtils moved here from MiscSWIs; seems more logical to me
· URI moved to InetSWIs from here; attempting to make things more relevant.
· Wimp_GetMenuState updated (David McCormack)
· PlugIn protocol documentation (Dave Thomas; clan newsletter)
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History for Wimp v1.04
22 Jan 1998-22 Mar 1998
· Wimp_SetFontColour and others changed (Nicholas Clark)
· Plugin protocol 'string_value' and others tidied up.
· Nested Window Manager calls updated with documentation from the Acorn site.
· DDEUtils SWIs finally added (!)
· Miscellaneous fixes for new calls
· Updates to DDEUtils (NC), other minor changes
· Updates to the FilterManager calls for 0.18 of the manager; mostly guesswork, but at least RegisterPostRectFilter works correctly.
· Update to Wimp_SendMessage regarding dynamic areas
· SWI numbers added to various calls
· FilerAction reorganised, example fixed (various)
· Miscellaneous cross-references and minor re-organisations
· Gramatical and spelling errors corrected.
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History for Wimp v1.05
01 Apr 1998-?
· PRM references added to SWIs and User messages.
· Wimp_PlotIcon documentation updated (Rick Hudson)
· FilterManager documentation updated
· ColourPicker documentation added (well, bits!)
· Added 'notfound_manual' pages, for StrongHelp 2.60.
· Miscellaneous changes and corrections to the plugin protocol
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History for Wimp v1.06
17th May, 1999
· Moderator now iain truskett.
· Wimp_Initialise usage of R3 updated (Vincent Lefevre)
· Wimp_ReadSysInfo updated (Justin Fletcher = gerph)
· Message 0x46005 added (iain truskett)
· ColourPicker documentation expanded (Aad Bezemer and Darren Salt)
· ColourPicker message requirements added (David Thomas)
· various little variances (gerph)
· PopupHelp (by Jason Tribbeck) messages added (iain truskett)
· Wimp_ReadSysInfo 16 and 17 added (from OSLib)
· Not found pages revised.
· Various minor additions and amendments.
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History for Wimp v.1.07
16th June, 1999
· Wimp_AutoScroll typo fixed.
· Wimp_SendMessage modified with RISC OS 4 information.
· Free_Register, and Free_Deregister have been reformatted, updated with corrections and also 64 bit routine info.
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History for Wimp v.1.08
26th November, 1999
· Wimp services list updated.
· DragAnObject added.
· Extra mouse click info in Poll Mouse_Click added.
· Extra information on obtaining task names via TaskManager_TaskNameFromHandle and Message_TaskInitialise added to each page.
· Message_OLEOpenSession made slightly more clear.
· Message_AppControl also made clearer.
· Minor changes to Wimp_Initialise and Wimp_GetWindowInfo.
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History for Wimp v1.20
4 August 2003
· Moderator now Christian Ludlam
· T, X and Y commands in validation strings added.
· DataSave protocol updated with much more information (Christopher Bazely)
· Updated window block flags and extra flags
· More information on foreground and background window bits in window flags
· Many formatting and layout improvements
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History for Wimp v1.21
20 August 2003
· A huge list of dreary typos and consistency updates (no new info!)
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History for Wimp v1.22
20 February 2004
· Fix TaskManager_EnumerateTasks slot size (it's in bytes, not K)
· Update Wimp section with new information from Castle. This affects
Wimp_AddMessages
Wimp_Extend 13
Wimp_Poll 8
Wimp_GetCaretPosition
Wimp_SetCaretPosition
Wimp_ProcessKey
Validation strings U, A, D
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History for Wimp v1.23
31 January 2006
· Update Wimp_Extend
· Update the Printer protocol user messages (Maarten Bezemer)
· Added a footnote to clarify Wimp_StartTask (Justin Fletcher)
· Updated DragAnObject adding a note about user mode function calls for latest version released by Castle.
· Added note to Wimp_BlockCopy and Wimp_ForceRedraw that coordinates are work-area relative (Erik Groenhuis)
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History for Wimp v1.24
27 November 2007
· Update Wimp_PlotIcon (Steve Revill)
· Wimp_TextOp reasons 3 and 4 are not available on RISC OS 4.00 (Adam Richardson)
· Added DragASprite_Start flags bit 9
· Added DragAnObject_Start flags bit 9
· Updated Icon flags bit 20 (Steve Revill)
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History for Wimp v1.25
12 May 2015
· Added DDEUtils_FlushCL
· Lots of typing and grammatical errors fixed
· Added TaskManager_StartTask
· Extra TaskManager shutdown flags documented
· Added Message_IconizeAt
· Clarify (non) purpose of Message_ReleaseEntity
· Wimp_ReadPixTrans accepts '0' to mean skip reading
· Added Windows logo and menu keys to Wimp key codes
· Clarify button types
· Fixed example program in Wimp_BaseOfSprites to work
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History for Wimp v1.26
05 Nov 2016
· More subreasons for Wimp_ReadSysInfo
· Lots of typing and grammatical errors fixed
· Added Message_FilerDevicePath
· Clarified that Free subreason GetFSName needs to include the terminator in the length
· Added RedrawManager
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