Changes between Version 55 and Version 56 of Docs/825gen2/Dev/UpdatingLegacyAppsToNewLook

Timestamp:

04/04/25 12:47:12 (2 weeks ago)

Author:

Don Wilson

Comment:

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Docs/825gen2/Dev/UpdatingLegacyAppsToNewLook

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-4. Create a source file wght_screen.cpp in the src folder. Do not just copy this entire file from a standard project. Copy the SetupDisplayLocations portion of the file from a standard app.
-
+4. Create a source file wght_screen.cpp in the src folder.  Copy the following code into this file:
 
 {{{#!c++
@@ -168 +167 @@
 5. Most older app project have almost all of the code in the a single cpp file. Most of the functions for displaying dynamic data on the main screen are named Show//XXXX// such as ShowDateTime, ShowGTN, etc...  Cut the code of these functions from the main source file and paste them into the wght_screen.cpp file. Then update the function names to be class members. It will also be necessary to add the function names to the wght_screen.h or make sure they match names already in wght_screen.h.
 
-For example ShowDatetime will be:
+For example ShowGTN cut and pasted from the main cpp and made a member function may look like this:
 {{{
-void CWeighingScreen::ShowDateTime(void)
-{
-  
-}
-
+void CWeighingScreen::ShowGTN(void)
+{
+   SetCurColor(nColorGreen);
+    SetBkColor(nColorBlack);
+    DisplayText(GROSS_LBL_X, GROSS_LBL_Y, LANG(STR_GROSS_LABEL), 0, BIG_FONT);
+
+    if(curScale >= 0 && GetWtMode(curScale) == wtmode_net) {
+        DisplayText(TARE_LBL_X, TARE_WT_Y, LANG(STR_TARE_LABEL), 0, BIG_FONT);
+        DisplayText(NET_LBL_X, NET_WT_Y, LANG(STR_NET_LABEL), 0, BIG_FONT);
+}
 }}}