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status1.showmessage("Cut!",0)

func pCopy
textedit1.copy()
status1.showmessage("Copy!",0)

func pPaste
textedit1.paste()
status1.showmessage("Paste!",0)

func pFont
oFontDialog = new qfontdialog() {
aFont = getfont()
}
textedit1.selectall()
cFont = aFont[1]
pSetFont()

Func pSetFont
myfont = new qfont("",0,0,0)
myfont.fromstring(cFont)
textedit1.setcurrentfont(myfont)

Func pColor
new qcolordialog() { aTextColor = GetColor() }
pSetColors()

Func pColor2
new qcolordialog() { aBackColor = GetColor() }
pSetColors()

Func pSetColors
textedit1.setstylesheet("color: rgb(" + aTextColor[1] + "," + aTextColor[2] +
"," + aTextColor[3] + ");" + "background-color: rgb(" +
aBackColor[1] + "," + aBackColor[2] + "," +
aBackColor[3] + ")")

func pOpen
new qfiledialog(win1) {
cName = getopenfilename(win1,"open file","c:\","source files(*.ring)")
if cName != NULL
cActiveFileName = cName
textedit1.settext(read(cActiveFileName))
ok
}

func pNew
new qfiledialog(win1) {
cName = getsavefilename(win1,"New file","","source files(*.ring)")
if cName != NULL
write(cName,"")
cActiveFileName = cName
textedit1.settext(read(cActiveFileName))

ok
}

Func WriteFile cFileName,cCode

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aCode = str2list(cCode)
fp = fopen(cFileName,"wb")
for cLine in aCode
fwrite(fp,cLine+char(13)+char(10))
next
fclose(fp)

Func MsgBox cTitle,cMessage

new qMessagebox(win1) {
setwindowtitle(cTitle)
setText(cMessage)
show()
}

Func pLang
MsgBox("Programming Language",
"This application developed using the Ring programming language")

Func pGUI
MsgBox("GUI Library",
"This application uses the Qt GUI Library through RingQt")

Func pAbout
MsgBox("About",
"2016, Mahmoud Fayed <msfclipper@yahoo.com>")

Func pSaveSettings
cSettings = "aTextColor = ["+aTextColor[1]+","+aTextColor[2]+
","+aTextColor[3]+"]" + nl +
"aBackColor = ["+aBackColor[1]+","+aBackColor[2]+
","+aBackColor[3]+"]" + nl +
"cFont = '" + cFont + "'" + nl +
"cWebSite = '" + cWebsite + "'" + nl
cSettings = substr(cSettings,nl,char(13)+char(10))
write("ringnotepad.ini",cSettings)
if lAsktoSave
new qmessagebox(win1)
{
setwindowtitle("Save Changes?")
settext("Some changes are not saved!")
setInformativeText("Do you want to save your changes?")
setstandardbuttons(QMessageBox_Yes |
QMessageBox_No | QMessageBox_Cancel)
result = exec()
win1 {
if result = QMessageBox_Yes
pSave()
but result = QMessageBox_Cancel
return false
ok
}
}
ok
return true

Func pSetWebsite
oWebView { loadpage(new qurl(cWebSite)) }

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oWBText { setText(cWebSite) }

Func RestoreSettings
eval(read("ringnotepad.ini"))
pSetColors()
pSetFont()
pSetWebsite()

Func pQuit
if pSaveSettings()
myapp.quit()
ok

The application during the runtime

The next screen shot demonstrates the File menu

The next window for search and replace

The next screen shot demonstrates the application main window

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Note: the functions pDebug(), pRun() and pRunNoConsole() in the previous sample are not portable! They are
written in this sample for MS-Windows and we can update them for other operating systems.

49.53 The Cards Game

In the next example we will see a simple Cards game developed using RingQt
Each player get 5 cards, the cards are unknown to any one. each time one player click on one card to see it. if the card
is identical to another card the play get point for each card. if the card value is 5 the player get points for all visible
cards.
Load "guilib.ring"

nScale = 1

app1 = new qApp

mypic = new QPixmap("cards.jpg")

mypic2 = mypic.copy(0,(124*4)+1,79,124)
Player1EatPic = mypic.copy(80,(124*4)+1,79,124)
Player2EatPic= mypic.copy(160,(124*4)+1,79,124)

aMyCards = []
aMyValues = []
for x1 = 0 to 3
for y1 = 0 to 12
temppic = mypic.copy((79*y1)+1,(124*x1)+1,79,124)
aMyCards + temppic
aMyValues + (y1+1)
next
next

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nPlayer1Score = 0 nPlayer2Score=0

do
Page1 = new Game
Page1.Start()
again Page1.lnewgame

mypic.delete()
mypic2.delete()
Player1EatPic.delete()
Player2EatPic.delete()

for t in aMyCards
t.delete()
next

func gui_setbtnpixmap pBtn,pPixmap

pBtn {
setIcon(new qicon(pPixmap.scaled(width(),height(),0,0)))
setIconSize(new QSize(width(),height()))
}

Class Game

nCardsCount = 10
win1 layout1 label1 label2 layout2 layout3 aBtns aBtns2
aCards nRole=1 aStatus = list(nCardsCount) aStatus2 = aStatus
aValues aStatusValues = aStatus aStatusValues2 = aStatus
Player1EatPic Player2EatPic
lnewgame = false
nDelayEat = 0.5
nDelayNewGame = 1

func start

win1 = new qWidget() {

setwindowtitle("Five")
setstylesheet("background-color: White")
showfullscreen()
}

layout1 = new qvboxlayout()

label1 = new qlabel(win1) {

settext("Player (1) - Score : " + nPlayer1Score)
setalignment(Qt_AlignHCenter | Qt_AlignVCenter)
setstylesheet("color: White; background-color: Purple;
font-size:20pt")
setfixedheight(200)
}

closebtn = new qpushbutton(win1) {

settext("Close Application")
setstylesheet("font-size: 18px ; color : white ;
background-color: black ;")
setclickevent("Page1.win1.close()")
}

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aCards = aMyCards
aValues = aMyValues

layout2 = new qhboxlayout()

aBtns = []

for x = 1 to nCardsCount
aBtns + new qpushbutton(win1)
aBtns[x].setfixedwidth(79*nScale)
aBtns[x].setfixedheight(124*nScale)
gui_setbtnpixmap(aBtns[x],mypic2)
layout2.addwidget(aBtns[x])
aBtns[x].setclickevent("Page1.Player1click("+x+")")
next

layout1.addwidget(label1)
layout1.addlayout(layout2)

label2 = new qlabel(win1) {

settext("Player (2) - Score : " + nPlayer2Score)
setalignment(Qt_AlignHCenter | Qt_AlignVCenter)
setstylesheet("color: white; background-color: red;
font-size:20pt")
setfixedheight(200)
}

layout3 = new qhboxlayout()

aBtns2 = []
for x = 1 to nCardsCount
aBtns2 + new qpushbutton(win1)
aBtns2[x].setfixedwidth(79*nScale)
aBtns2[x].setfixedheight(124*nScale)
gui_setbtnpixmap(aBtns2[x],mypic2)
layout3.addwidget(aBtns2[x])
aBtns2[x].setclickevent("Page1.Player2click("+x+")")
next

layout1.addwidget(label2)
layout1.addlayout(layout3)
layout1.addwidget(closebtn)

win1.setlayout(layout1)

app1.exec()

Func Player1Click x
if nRole = 1 and aStatus[x] = 0
nPos = ((random(100)+clock())%(len(aCards)-1)) + 1
gui_setbtnpixmap(aBtns[x],aCards[nPos])
del(aCards,nPos)
nRole = 2
aStatus[x] = 1
aStatusValues[x] = aValues[nPos]
del(aValues,nPos)
Player1Eat(x,aStatusValues[x])
checknewgame()

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ok

Func Player2Click x
if nRole = 2 and aStatus2[x] = 0
nPos = ((random(100)+clock())%(len(aCards)-1)) + 1
gui_setbtnpixmap(aBtns2[x],aCards[nPos])
del(aCards,nPos)
nRole = 1
aStatus2[x] = 1
aStatusValues2[x] = aValues[nPos]
del(aValues,nPos)
Player2Eat(x,aStatusValues2[x])
checknewgame()
ok

Func Player1Eat nPos,nValue

app1.processEvents()

delay(nDelayEat)
lEat = false
for x = 1 to nCardsCount
if aStatus2[x] = 1 and (aStatusValues2[x] = nValue or nValue=5)
aStatus2[x] = 2
gui_setbtnpixmap(aBtns2[x],Player1EatPic)
lEat = True
nPlayer1Score++
ok
if (x != nPos) and (aStatus[x] = 1) and
(aStatusValues[x] = nValue or nValue=5)
aStatus[x] = 2
gui_setbtnpixmap(aBtns[x],Player1EatPic)
lEat = True
nPlayer1Score++
ok
next
if lEat
nPlayer1Score++
gui_setbtnpixmap(aBtns[nPos],Player1EatPic)
aStatus[nPos] = 2
label1.settext("Player (1) - Score : " + nPlayer1Score)
ok

Func Player2Eat nPos,nValue

app1.processEvents()

delay(nDelayEat)
lEat = false
for x = 1 to nCardsCount
if aStatus[x] = 1 and (aStatusValues[x] = nValue or nValue = 5)
aStatus[x] = 2
gui_setbtnpixmap(aBtns[x],Player2EatPic)
lEat = True
nPlayer2Score++
ok

if (x != nPos) and (aStatus2[x] = 1) and

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(aStatusValues2[x] = nValue or nValue=5 )

aStatus2[x] = 2
gui_setbtnpixmap(aBtns2[x],Player2EatPic)
lEat = True
nPlayer2Score++
ok
next
if lEat
nPlayer2Score++
gui_setbtnpixmap(aBtns2[nPos],Player2EatPic)
aStatus2[nPos] = 2
label2.settext("Player (2) - Score : " + nPlayer2Score)
ok

Func checknewgame
if isnewgame()
lnewgame = true

if nPlayer1Score > nPlayer2Score

label1.settext("Player (1) Wins!!!")
ok
if nPlayer2Score > nPlayer1Score
label2.settext("Player (2) Wins!!!")
ok

app1.processEvents()
delay(nDelayNewGame)

win1.delete()
app1.quit()
ok

Func isnewgame
for t in aStatus
if t = 0
return false
ok
next
for t in aStatus2
if t = 0
return false
ok
next
return true

Func delay x
nTime = x * 1000
oTest = new qTest
oTest.qsleep(nTime)

The application during the runtime

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Note: in the previous screen shot the player get the card number 5 but his score is not increased because he opened
this card while no other cards are visible!

The next screen shot while running the game using a Mobile (Android)

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Note: using Qt we can run the same application on other Mobile systems

49.54 Classes and their Methods to use the default events

The next table present the class name and the methods that we have to use the default events.

Class Name Methods to use the default Events

QPushButton SetClickEvent()
QAction SetClickEvent()
QLineEdit SetTextChangedEvent()
SetCursorPositionChangedEvent()
SetEditingFinishedEvent()
SetReturnPressedEvent()
SetSelectionChangedEvent()
SetTextEditedEvent()
QTextEdit SetCopyAvailableEvent()
SetCurrentCharFormatChangedEvent()
SetCursorPositionChangedEvent()
SetRedoAvailableEvent()
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