WimpExtension is designed to make the task of programming the Wimp easier. It
also enables you to use 3D icons (like Impression). It is designed to enable
you, when you are writing your programs, to think less 'It's a Desktop
program' and more 'It's a program to do ...'. It has been written over a
period of more than a year, reaching nearly seven thousand lines of source
code, hopefully carefully designed to be as easy to use as possible.
You use WimpExtension by a set of SWI (BASIC's SYS) commands. There are calls
to put icons on the iconbar, to change the pointer shape, to pop icons in and
out, link windows so they move about together (for toolboxes and
windows-in-windows), there are facilities for options window handling, for
dialogue boxes, for controlling indirected icons, for loading templates, for
colour menus, for RAM templates, for dragging icons, for menu handling, for
draw-files and sprites, for immediate windows, for memory management, etc.,
etc.
This manual explains all the features of WimpExtension, and how to use them.
For a quick overview of the SWI see the 'SWIs provided by WimpExt' section.
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