Symbian programming

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Symbian programming

• Part X
• Programming Symbian devices with Symbian C

Multiline dialogs
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Content

• Multiline dialog architecture
• Resource
• Components
• Launching the dialog
• Using the result values

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Architecture

• RESOURCE DIALOG r_xxx_dialog
• flags
• buttons R_AVKON_XXX
• items
• DLG_LINE

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RESOURCE

• RESOURCE DIALOG r_date_time_query
• flags EGeneralQueryFlags
• buttons R_AVKON_SOFTKEYS_OK_CANCEL
• items
• DLG_LINE
• type EAknCtMultilineQuery
• id EMultilineFirstLine

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RESOURCE

• control AVKON_DATA_QUERY
• layout EMultiDataFirstDateEd
• label "Date"
• control DATE_EDITOR
• minDate DATE
• year 2006

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RESOURCE

• maxDate DATE
• year 2599
• flags 0
• ,

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RESOURCE

• DLG_LINE
• type EAknCtMultilineQuery
• id EMultilineSecondLine
• control AVKON_DATA_QUERY
• layout EMultiDataSecondTimeEd
• label "Time"

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RESOURCE

• control TIME_EDITOR
• minTime TIME
• second 0
• minute 0
• hour 0

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RESOURCE

• maxTime TIME
• second 59
• minute 59
• hour 23
• flags EEikTimeWithoutSeconds
  Field
• EEikTimeForce24HourFor
  mat

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COMPONENTS

• EDWIN
• enum ? EAknMultilineDataLayout
• EMultiDataFirstEdwin 1, EMultiDataSecondEdwin
  , EMultiDataFirstSecEd,
• http//forum.nokia.com/document/Cpp_Developers_Lib
  rary/GUID-96C272CA-2BED-4352-AE7CE692B193EC06/html
  /avkon_8hrh.html

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Lauching the dialog

• TInt ShowQueryDialogL(TTime aDate,TTime aTime)
• CAknMultiLineDataQueryDialog dlg
  CAknMultiLineDataQueryDialogNewL(aDate,aTime)
• return
• dlg-gtExecuteLD(R_DATE_TIME_QUERY)

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Lauching the dialog

• TTime date
• date.HomeTime()
• TTime time
• time.HomeTime()
• ShowQueryDialogL(date, time)

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Lauching the dialog

• TBuflt40gt dateString
• _LIT(KFormat,"DMY/01/12/23/3")
  date.FormatL(dateString,KFormat)
• CAknInformationNote informationNote
• informationNote new ( ELeave )
  CAknInformationNote
• informationNote-gtExecuteLD(dateString)

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Skins

• void CMyXXProjectAppUiConstructL()
• // Initialise app UI with standard value.
• BaseConstructL(EAknEnableSkin)