Gx6616Panel

Purpose

Opens a virtual panel used to interactively control the GX6616 board.

Syntax

Gx6616Panel (pnHandle, hwndParent, nMode, phwndPanel, pnStatus)

Parameters

Name
Type
Comments
pnHandle
LPSHORT
Handle to a GX6616 board. This number may be zero if the board is to be initialized by the panel window.
hwndParent
DWORD
Sets the panel parent window handle. A value of 0 sets the desktop as the parent window.
nMode
SHORT
The mode in which the panel main window is created. 0 for modeless and 1 for modal window.
phwndPanel
LPDWORD
Returned window handle for the panel (for modeless panel only).
pnStatus
LPSHORT
Returned status: 0 on success, negative number on failure.

Comments

The function is used to create the panel window. The panel window may be open as a modal or a modeless window, depending on the nMode parameters.

If the mode is set to modal dialog (nMode=1), the panel will disable the parent window (hwndParent) and the function will return only after the user closed the window. In that case the pnHandle may return the handle created by the user using the panel Initialize dialog. This handle may be used when calling other GX6616 functions.

If a modeless dialog was created (nMode=0), the function returns immediately after creating the panel window, returning the window handle to the panel - phwndPanel. It is the responsibility of the calling program to dispatch window messages to this window, so that the window can respond to messages.

Example

The following example opens the panel in modal mode:

 

DWORD dwPanel;

SHORT nHandle=0, nStatus;

...

Gx6616Panel (&nHandle, 0, 1, &dwPanel, &nStatus);

 

See Also

Gx6616Initialize, Gx6616GetErrorString