Stationery

Using Stationery

// Generic entry definition:
DefConst('kEntryTemplate, {

class: kDataSymbol,
viewStationery: kDataSymbol,// vestigial; for Notes

// compatibility

title: nil,
timeStamp: nil,
height: 176,

// For page and paper roll-type apps
// this should be the same as height
// slot in dataDef and viewDefHeight
// slot in viewDef (if present)

});

// This facilitates writing viewDefs that can be reused
kEntryTemplate.(kDataSymbol) := {

who: nil,
howMuch: 0,
dueDate: nil,

};

MakeNewEntry: func()

begin
local theNewEntry := DeepClone(kEntryTemplate);
theNewEntry.title := ShortDate(time());
theNewEntry.timeStamp := time();
theNewEntry.(kDataSymbol).dueDate := time();
theNewEntry;
end;

The

StringExtract

method is called when an overview is generated and is

expected to return a one or two-line description of the data. Here is an example of a

StringExtract

implementation:

StringExtract: func(item,numLines)

begin
if numLines = 1 then

return item.title

else

return item.title&&item.(kDataSymbol).who;

end;

The

TextScript

method is called by the routing interface to get a text version of

an entire entry. It differs from

StringExtract

in that it returns the text of the

item, rather than a description.