AnnouncementStamp

February 29, 1996

inherits from Stamp

Class Description

Announcements that are active but closed are represented by tiny images called announcement stamps. These stamps are drawn inside a small viewable container on the name bar called the carousel. Magic Cap defines class AnnouncementStamp to represent these stamps.

Programming information

Instantiate: rarely
Subclass: rarely
Call its methods: never

You might create subclasses of this class if you wanted to create your own specialized kind of announcement stamp.

Methods defined by class AnnouncementStamp

Class AnnouncementStamp defines the following methods:

Method	Description
Announcement	Get the announcement associated with this stamp.
SetAnnouncement	Set the announcement associated with this stamp.
PublicAddress	Get the public address window associated with this stamp.
SetPublicAddress	Set the public address window associated with this stamp.
Action	Display the closed announcement when the user touches.

Fields defined by class AnnouncementStamp

Class AnnouncementStamp defines the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
Inherited from SingleLinkable
next	Object	Next item in view list
Inherited from Linkable
previous	Object	Previous item in view list
Inherited from Viewable
superview	Viewable	Container for this object
subview	Viewable	Object contained by this object
relativeOrigin	Dot	Origin relative to superview
contentSize	Dot	Size of content rectangle
viewFlags	Flags	Property settings
labelStyle	TextStyle	Text style of object's label
color	Color	Color of object's content
shadow	Shadow	Shadow drawn with object
sound	Sound	Sound associated with object
Inherited from Stamp
image	Image
Defined by AnnouncementStamp
announcement	Announcement
publicAddress	PublicAddress

Method Descriptions

Announcement

attribute Announcement: Announcement
// operation Announcement():Announcement
// operation SetAnnouncement(newValue)

Call: rarely
Override: rarely

The attribute Announcement indicates the announcement associated with this stamp.

PublicAddress

attribute PublicAddress: PublicAddress
// operation PublicAddress():PublicAddress
// operation SetPublicAddress(newValue)

Call: rarely
Override: rarely

The attribute PublicAddress indicates the public address window associated with this stamp.

Action

overrides Action

Call: rarely
Override: sometimes