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PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Concept//EN" "concept.dtd"> |
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<concept id="GUID-0A13A931-016C-5325-97AF-2DE0B210DF2F" xml:lang="en"><title>Window Server Client-Side Library Overview</title><shortdesc>The Window Server keeps track of window sizes, positions, |
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visibility and validity (keeping window content up to date). It also |
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receives and distributes user input in the form of key presses and |
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pointer events. </shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody> |
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<p>Note that much of the Window Server API is low-level and is encapsulated |
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in the UI Control Framework API. </p> |
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<section id="GUID-E1891417-0C8F-46FE-BC4D-23C1E1BB750E"><title>Window |
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Server client-side library details</title> <p>The following table |
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shows the DLLs that provides the functionality and the library to |
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which your code must link. </p> <table id="GUID-D5750916-4A95-5944-9ADB-05E35D47592B"> |
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<entry>DLL</entry> |
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<entry>LIB</entry> |
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<entry>Short description</entry> |
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</row> |
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<entry><p>The Window Server client-side library for the <xref href="GUID-D93978BE-11A3-5CE3-B110-1DEAA5AD566C.dita">ScreenPlay</xref> variant. </p> </entry> |
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<entry><p> <filepath>ws32_nonnga.dll</filepath> </p> </entry> |
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<entry><p>The Window Server client-side library for the <xref href="GUID-F64E6551-670E-5E12-8103-DE504D3EC94F.dita">non-ScreenPlay</xref> variant. </p></entry> |
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</table> <p>The details of the client-side API are very similar in |
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the two variants. There are some additional features in the ScreenPlay |
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variant for displaying surfaces.</p> </section> |
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<section id="GUID-D5B8436F-D7AA-4A72-A967-FC2BB8D8EB0B"><title>Architecture</title> <p>The Window Server is used by all applications that have a user |
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interface. The primary user input for these applications comes from |
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the keyboard and pointer, and their primary user-visible output is |
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to the screen. These input and output devices are shared between all |
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the server, and issues requests for service. </p> <fig id="GUID-4EEE0DBF-A4DC-59A1-8310-504BF05204C7"> |
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<title> Window Server </title> |
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<desc><p>The Window Server controls access by many client applications, |
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to the machine’s screen, keyboard and pointer. </p> </desc> |
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</fig> <p>The Window Server thread runs at a higher priority than |
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any application; only the kernel runs at a higher priority. Therefore, |
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all applications' requests for screen updates, and all handling of |
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machine events such as pointers and keys, are handled at higher priority |
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than any individual application. </p> <p>Each client application runs |
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in its own thread. The Window Server presents an interface to client |
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applications such that they can run without direct interaction with |
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the other applications on the machine. Drawing is clipped to the visible |
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area of the application’s windows. Pointer events are only received |
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if they are related to the application’s windows. Similarly, keyboard |
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events are only given to an application whose window group has focus |
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or to one that has captured them. A client application may ignore |
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the majority of events relating to other applications. It won't even |
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be told about most of them. </p> <p>Each client application communicates |
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with the Window Server using a Window Server session, or other object |
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created from the session. The application waits to receive events |
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by setting up one or more active objects. Events include user input |
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and requests that windows be redrawn. Applications may create systems |
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of windows and draw to them. </p> </section> |
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<section id="GUID-A8BCF1C1-A637-4DDC-9249-BCEF4E23BA06"><title>Window |
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server client-side API</title> <p>The following diagram shows the |
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key classes in the Window Server client-side library. Below the diagram |
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we provide a summary of the key concepts. </p> <fig id="GUID-A84A2706-1AF0-598B-976E-0980AD69E6E7"> |
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<title> Window Server client-side API classes |
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<entry>Concept</entry> |
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<entry>Description</entry> |
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<entry><p> <b>Session</b> </p> </entry> |
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and interrogate its windows, the events it wishes to receive, and |
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all other window groups connected to the Window Server. A session |
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<entry><p> <b>Events</b> </p> </entry> |
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them. Common events are user input, and requests that windows be redrawn. |
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The Window Server session is used to request and obtain events. Most |
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events (such as key and point events) are encapsulated in <xref href="GUID-5D0B1595-1AC7-3C44-AC6B-0EFB5EABCF31.dita"><apiname>TWsEvent</apiname></xref>. </p> <p>A redraw event tells the application |
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what screen area needs redrawing. It is encapsulated in <xref href="GUID-B5F16BF3-569D-3985-AAB7-439E3410468D.dita"><apiname>TWsRedrawEvent</apiname></xref>. </p> </entry> |
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<entry><p> <b>Window group</b> </p> </entry> |
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which can be considered as the root window of an application. Keyboard |
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events and focus are associated with it, and it can have a name, used |
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for such things as lists of running applications. A window group is |
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provided by <xref href="GUID-64D4D428-D65F-3D9D-A0D4-C8338C848B25.dita"><apiname>RWindowGroup</apiname></xref>. </p> </entry> |
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<entry><p> <b>Drawable windows</b> </p> </entry> |
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<entry><p>Drawable windows allow applications to draw to the screen. |
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They have operations to control size, position, visibility, scrolling, |
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z-order, and parent/child relationships. In a standard drawable window, |
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areas that become invalid (e.g. when an overlaying window is removed) |
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must be redrawn by the client application. It is provided by <xref href="GUID-683603DD-F3D3-3193-BEB3-8236C7DE7F79.dita"><apiname>RWindow</apiname></xref>. </p> <p>A backed-up drawable window's content |
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is stored by the Window Server, and redrawn by the server when it |
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becomes invalid. It is provided by <xref href="GUID-27A95595-F74D-32B2-A960-0CA290C8A3B3.dita"><apiname>RBackedUpWindow</apiname></xref>. </p> <p>These window types are derived from a sequence of base |
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classes, <xref href="GUID-9FFD28C7-8747-3438-84BF-44AF26ACEC7D.dita"><apiname>RWindowTreeNode</apiname></xref>, <xref href="GUID-1460DD8F-9AA1-3B99-8FFD-F309959CCA34.dita"><apiname>RWindowBase</apiname></xref>, and <xref href="GUID-FDF4BB7E-8750-3564-982A-0124A977C82E.dita"><apiname>RDrawableWindow</apiname></xref>. </p> </entry> |
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<entry><p> <b>Graphics</b> </p> </entry> |
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<entry><p>Applications draw to drawable windows through a windows |
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graphics context provided by a windows graphics device. These implement |
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the abstract graphics context and graphics device interfaces respectively, |
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as defined in the Graphics API. </p> <p>The windows graphics context |
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device by <xref href="GUID-30479BE3-296E-3B4D-914D-B080ABD733E4.dita"><apiname>CWsScreenDevice</apiname></xref>. The bitmap class, <xref href="GUID-683A1D42-2764-3EB7-BD19-9E12559199AB.dita"><apiname>CFbsBitmap</apiname></xref>, is extended for most efficient use with the |
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Window Server by <xref href="GUID-17150D76-BB82-3A4B-8B1A-8BA93CB1A9EF.dita"><apiname>CWsBitmap</apiname></xref>. </p> </entry> |
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<entry><p> <b>Sprites and cursors</b> </p> </entry> |
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<entry><p>A sprite is an arbitrary-shaped bitmap that can be moved |
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without applications having to redraw the underlying screen. It has |
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one or more sprite members, each containing a bitmap image and a time |
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interval for that bitmap to be displayed. The sprite class is <xref href="GUID-75C09150-E93B-323D-AFBF-E42C7BD78229.dita"><apiname>RWsSprite</apiname></xref>; the sprite member class is <xref href="GUID-7F4E749E-D08D-3771-A3F1-9AEC5D16B78C.dita"><apiname>TSpriteMember</apiname></xref>. </p> <p>A specialized sprite type is provided for pointer cursors, |
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which automatically track the position of a pointer. It is provided |
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by <xref href="GUID-6E71A7F9-E980-3D99-ACB0-6743A0D13EBF.dita"><apiname>RWsPointerCursor</apiname></xref>. </p> <p>Text cursors are handled |
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by the class <xref href="GUID-CF377A98-F11F-380F-AD10-7F3E261D4421.dita"><apiname>CTextView</apiname></xref>. They can take the form |
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of a text or a line cursor. </p> </entry> |
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<entry><p> <b>Animation client</b> </p> </entry> |
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in the Animation API, that perform animations. Providers of such animation |
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DLLs must also provide a client-side interface to allow applications |
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to control the animation. The base class for an animation client-side |
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interface is <xref href="GUID-4180CDBA-E9A5-3A4B-9778-26D172FAFD10.dita"><apiname>RAnim</apiname></xref>. </p> <p>Clients must request |
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an animation DLL to be loaded before the animations provided by it |
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can be used. This is done through <xref href="GUID-800B3667-F45F-391F-A8A9-F876FB4ABC34.dita"><apiname>RAnimDll</apiname></xref>. </p> </entry> |
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<entry><p> <b>Transparent windows</b> </p> </entry> |
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bitmaps on a window. The window must be an <xref href="GUID-683603DD-F3D3-3193-BEB3-8236C7DE7F79.dita"><apiname>RWindow</apiname></xref>. Methods to create transparent windows can be found in the <xref href="GUID-683603DD-F3D3-3193-BEB3-8236C7DE7F79.dita"><apiname>RWindow</apiname></xref> class. </p> </entry> |
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<entry><p> <b>Surfaces</b> </p> </entry> |
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<entry><p>In ScreenPlay, applications (such as games and video) that |
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use a rendering API that can potentially benefit from hardware acceleration |
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(depending on hardware) can render directly to graphics <i>surfaces</i>. A surface is a hardware independent buffer for holding an image |
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or part of a scene. Surfaces are identified using a 128 bit surface |
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ID in a <codeph>TSurfaceId</codeph> class.</p> <p>The Window Server |
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delegates the composition of surfaces to a composition engine which |
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has an adaptation part that enables device creators to take advantage |
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of graphics processing hardware if it is available. However, this |
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is largely transparent to application developers. </p><p>See <xref href="GUID-1C025957-258C-54C0-94A5-AD60C14E6D76.dita">External Surfaces</xref> for more information.</p> </entry> |
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<entry><p> <b>Direct Screen Access (DSA)</b> </p> </entry> |
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<entry><p>Mainly used in the non-ScreenPlay variant, DSA enables applications |
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that require high frame rates (such as video and games) to bypass |
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the Window Server and write to the screen directly. This avoids client-server |
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communication and as a result is faster. However, some interaction |
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with the Window Server is needed to prevent the application from drawing |
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over other application's data. </p> <p>In ScreenPlay, Symbian recommends |
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the use of <xref href="GUID-1C025957-258C-54C0-94A5-AD60C14E6D76.dita">external surfaces</xref> in preference to DSA. However, support for |
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DSA is maintained for backward compatibility reasons, although there |
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are some subtle changes in the support offered.</p><p>ScreenPlay does |
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not support the mixing of <xref href="GUID-0AEE5955-C530-35F1-A904-69183331B294.dita"><apiname>CWindowGc</apiname></xref> and DSA rendering |
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to the same window. When DSA rendering is present, any <codeph>CWindowGc</codeph> rendering to the same window is ignored. For example, an application |
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that uses <codeph>CWindowGC</codeph> rendering in one part of a window |
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and DSA rendering in another part will not work as expected in a ScreenPlay |
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environment. Similarly, <codeph>CWindowGc</codeph> rendering can no |
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longer be used to seed the DSA content as it could previously. However, <codeph>CWindowGc</codeph> rendering can be provided but it is not rendered |
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until the DSA rendering finishes. It is therefore best to avoid mixing |
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the rendering types in the same window.</p> </entry> |
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</table> </section> |
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</conbody><related-links> |
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<link href="GUID-DC5E8C7D-D697-53E8-87F4-344301430E61.dita"><linktext>Window |
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Server Client-Side Library</linktext></link> |
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