Difference between revisions of "Application:get"

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'''Returns''' (varies) the value(s) of the setting
 
'''Returns''' (varies) the value(s) of the setting
  
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=== Android ===
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=== '''Android''' ===
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For android this was added in Gideros 2020.4:
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Added in Gideros 2020.4:
 
<source lang="lua">
 
<source lang="lua">
 
application:get("batteryLevel")
 
application:get("batteryLevel")
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</source>
 
</source>
  
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'''Opens the file browser window'''
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'''File dialog to open a file of type .txt or .png'''
 
<source lang="lua">
 
<source lang="lua">
 
local path = application:get(
 
local path = application:get(
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"openFileDialog", "Title|C:/tmp/|Text (*.txt);; Save file (*.save)") -- title|path|extensions
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"openFileDialog", "Title|C:/tmp/|Text (*.txt);; Image (*.png)") -- "title|path|extensions"
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--local path = application:get("saveFileDialog", "Title|D:/ML/|Text (*.txt);; Save file (*.save)")
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print(path)
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--local path = application:get("openDirectoryDialog", "Title|D:/ML/")
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</source>
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'''File dialog to save a file as .txt or .jpg'''
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<source lang="lua">
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-- first we choose the destination
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local path = application:get(
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"saveFileDialog", "Title|C:/tmp/|Text (*.txt);; Image (*.jpg)") -- "title|path|extensions"
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if path ~= 0 then -- and we save some data to it
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local srcf = io.open("mytext.txt", "rb")
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local dstf = io.open(path, "wb")
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local size = 2^13 -- good buffer size (8K)
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while true do local block = srcf:read(size) if not block then break end dstf:write(block) end
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srcf:close()
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dstf:close()
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end
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</source>
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'''File dialog to open a directory'''
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<source lang="lua">
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local path = application:get("openDirectoryDialog", "Title|C:/tmp/") -- "title|path"
 
print(path)
 
print(path)
 
</source>
 
</source>
  
 
{{Application}}
 
{{Application}}

Revision as of 22:26, 22 January 2021

Available since: Gideros 2015.7
Class: Application

Description

Returns the state of the desktop setting provided as string parameter. 

varies = application:get(setting)

Parameters

setting (string) the name of the desktop setting

Return values

Returns (varies) the value(s) of the setting

Android

Added in Gideros 2020.4: 

application:get("batteryLevel")

Examples

Various examples 

print(application:get("windowTitle"))
print(application:get("documentDirectory"))
print(application:get("temporaryDirectory"))
print("\n")

-- get the user download folder path
print(application:get("directory", "download")) -- prints C:/Users/xxx/Downloads

Prints a list of all available settings 

print(application:get("help"))
--[[
	Accepted value for Desktop's application:get()
	- [x,y] windowPosition
	- [w,h] windowSize
	- [w,h] screenSize
	- [x,y] cursorPosition
	- [text] clipboard
	- [text] windowTitle
	- [path] directory(where//help)
	- [path] openDirectoryDialog(title|path//help)
	- [path] openFileDialog(title|path|extensions//help)
	- [path] saveFileDialog(title|path|extensions//help)
	- [path] documentDirectory
	- [path] temporaryDirectory
	0
]]
print("\n")

print(application:get("directory", "help"))
--[[
	Accepted value for directory :
	- executable
	- document
	- desktop
	- temporary
	- data
	- music
	- movies
	- pictures
	- cache
	- download
	- home
	0
]]

File dialog to open a file of type .txt or .png 

local path = application:get(
	"openFileDialog", "Title|C:/tmp/|Text (*.txt);; Image (*.png)") -- "title|path|extensions"
print(path)

File dialog to save a file as .txt or .jpg 

-- first we choose the destination
local path = application:get(
	"saveFileDialog", "Title|C:/tmp/|Text (*.txt);; Image (*.jpg)") -- "title|path|extensions"
if path ~= 0 then -- and we save some data to it
	local srcf = io.open("mytext.txt", "rb")
	local dstf = io.open(path, "wb")
	local size = 2^13 -- good buffer size (8K)
	while true do local block = srcf:read(size) if not block then break end dstf:write(block) end
	srcf:close()
	dstf:close()
end

File dialog to open a directory 

local path = application:get("openDirectoryDialog", "Title|C:/tmp/") -- "title|path"
print(path)



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