IndexCard

February 29, 1996

inherits from Card;
   

Class Description

Index cards display the indexes for pieces of the name cards list. Each index card lists the names for two letters of the alphabet. You'll be thrilled to learn that there are exactly thirteen index cards in the whole system, all in the name cards stack. A typical index card is depicted above.

Programming information

Instantiate: sometimes
Subclass: rarely
Call its methods: rarely

You'll rarely need to call the methods of class IndexCard, though you might accidentally call AddressCard on index cards if you cycle through all the cards in the name cards stack.

Methods defined by class IndexCard

Class IndexCard defines the following methods:

Method	Description
AboutToShow	Overridden to set the lists and titles of the two list views on this page
SendToBack	Overridden to keep the index tabs behind the card

Fields defined by class IndexCard

Class IndexCard 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	Unsigned	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 Card
globalscreenRedrawCount	Unsigned	Used to keep track of the number of times screen has is redrawn while showing this card
form	Object	Form drawn with this card
stack	Stack	Stack that contains the card
cardFlags	Unsigned	Various settings for cards
Defined by IndexCard
letterIndex	Unsigned	The index for the first of the two letters on this page, where 1=`A', 2=`B', and so on
listView1	ListView	The list view that displays address cards beginning with the first letter on this page
listView2	ListView	The list view that displays address cards beginning with the second letter on this page

Here's object definition for the index card shown at the beginning of this chapter:

Instance IndexCard 'S' 5168;
           next: nilObject;
       previous: nilObject;
      superview: nilObject;
        subview: nilObject;

 relativeOrigin: <-28.0,7.5>;
    contentSize: <392.0,229.0>;
      viewFlags: 0x10005000;
     labelStyle: iBook12;
          color: 0;
       altColor: 0;
         shadow: nilObject;
          sound: nilObject;
           form: (Form 'addresses index' 5172);
          stack: (NameCardsStack 'all' 53);
      cardFlags: 0x004100D3;
    letterIndex: 19;
      listView1: (ListView 5174);
      listView2: (ListView 5178);
End Instance;

Attributes defined by class IndexCard

Class IndexCard defines one attribute:

Attribute	Type	Description
AddressCard	AddressCard	The getter always returns nilObject; this attribute is here to allow lazy callers to iterate all the way through the name cards stack without checking to see if each item is a name card