The application can also use the window to establish a dialog with the user,
and format text responses in the window by calling dynamic data formatting
(DDF) routines. The DDF functions provide limited formatting of text at
run time.
Warning: Users can not print or search DDF data.
Following is a summary of the DDF calls that you can use in your Presentation
Manager application.
DdfBeginList
Begins
a definition list in the DDF buffer.
DdfBitmap
Places a reference to a bit map in the DDF buffer.
DdfEndList
Terminates
the definition list initialized by DdfBeginList.
DdfHyperText
Defines a hypertext link to another window.
DdfInform
Defines
a hypertext inform link.
DdfInitialize
Initializes the IPF internal structures for
a DDF facility and returns a DDF handle.
DdfListItem
Inserts a definition list entry item in the
DDF buffer.
DdfMetafile
Places a reference to a metafile into the DDF
buffer.
DdfPara
Creates
a paragraph within the DDF buffer.
DdfSetColor
Sets the background and foreground colors of
the displayed text.
DdfSetFont
Specifies a text font (Courier) in the DDF buffer.
DdfSetFontStyle
Specifies a text font (bold face) in the DDF
buffer.
DdfSetFormat
Turns formatting off or on.
DdfSetTextAlign
Defines whether left, center, or right text
justification is to be used when text formatting is off.
DdfText
Adds text to the DDF buffer.
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