Rapid-Q Documentation by William Yu (c)1999, Appended by John Kelly	Appendix A: APPLICATION

APPLICATION Component

Field	Type	R/W	Default	Support

ExeName	STRING	R		WXG
	The executable name of the application, path name is excluded (use COMMAND$(0) for full path information).
Handle	INTEGER	R		W
	hInstance of the application.
HelpFile	STRING	RW		W
	HelpFile specifies the name of the file the application uses to display help.
HintColor	INTEGER	RW	clInfoBk	W
	HintColor determines the color of the hint boxes for the Help Hints.
HintHidePause	INTEGER	RW	2500	W
	HintHidePause specifies the time interval to wait before hiding the Help Hint if the mouse has not moved from the control or menu item.
HintPause	INTEGER	RW	500	W
	HintPause specifies the time interval that passes before the control's Help Hint appears when the user places the mouse pointer on a control or menu item.
HintShortPause	INTEGER	RW	50	W
	HideShortPause specifies the pause to wait before bringing up a hint if a hint has already been shown.
Icon	STRING	RW		W
	Specify an icon filename to appear as the default icon of your application.
IcoHandle	RESOURCE	W		W
	Specify an icon resource to appear as the default icon of your application. Example: $RESOURCE game_ICO AS "game.ico" Application.IcoHandle = game_ICO
ShowHint	INTEGER	RW	True	W
Title	STRING	RW		W

Method	Type	Description	Params	Support

HelpCommand	SUB (Command AS WORD, Data AS LONG)	Accesses the Help commands in the WinHelp API	2	W
HelpContext	SUB (Context AS LONG)	Bring up the Application's HelpFile at specifed Context ID	1	W
HelpJump	SUB (JumpID AS STRING)	Brings up the HelpFile and displays the screen in the Help file that has the JumpID	1	W
Minimize	SUB	Minimize Application	0	W
Terminate	SUB	Terminates Application	0	WXG

Application Methods with RAPIDQ2.INC (also see QProcess for threads)
GetPriority	VOID	Get the current Application Process Priority Windows Priority of the application, typically will be NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS	0	W
SetPriority	FUNCTION (Priority AS LONG) Sets the Application Process priority, in case you want more or less CPU power to your program. Possible values are: IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS Reduce RapidQ time allocation--, for occasional running BELOW_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS Win2000, NT, XP+ only, less power to your App NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS Default ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS Win2000, NT, XP+ only more CPU to your App HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS Other programs suffer, but yours gets most CPU REALTIME_PRIORITY_CLASS CAUTION!!! (REALTIME mouse,no keyboard, no disk, you own the CPU! You must do all hardware IO)		1	W
Path	STRING	Returns the path of the application	0	W

Application Examples

Application.HintColor = &H00FF00

CREATE Form AS QFORM
      CREATE Button AS QBUTTON
          Hint = "Button Hint"
          ShowHint = 1
      END CREATE
      ShowModal
END CREATE

Application Example #2
$INCLUDE "RAPIDQ2.INC"
ShowMessage "My application resides in folder " + Application.Path