Brian Heibert wrote:

> Is it possible to create a clickable static text or something
> I want to create something that looks and acts like a link that will
> do a LaunchURL

Carbon does not provide a control with the desired behaviour, but a  
static text control can be persuaded to become clickable. AFAIK this  
method has not been demonstrated in FB until now.

Below is a ready-to-run example. DoURLClick is called when the user  
clicks the URL.

A defect is that the text does not highlight when pressed. This could  
probably be fixed by handling additional events (_kEventControlClick,  
_kEventControlDraw) so as to draw the text in a different colour. A  
challenge for CarbonEvent experts...

Robert P.


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/*
Clickable URL, using the method of Apple's QA1380.
Adapted for FB by Robert P.    March 2007
*/
include "Tlbx HIView.incl"
include "Tlbx CoreGraphics.incl"

local fn DoURLClick( c as ControlRef )
'~'1
dim as OSStatus ignore
dim as Str255 url
dim as long @ actual

// retrieve the url text from the control
ignore = fn GetControlData( c, _kControlEditTextPart,  
_kControlEditTextTextTag, 255, @url[1], actual )
url[0] = actual // string length
// the 'open' command is a handy way to open URLs as well as files
open "unix", 222, "open " + url
close 222
end fn


local fn InstallClickableURLHandler( c as ControlRef )
'~'1
dim as EventTypeSpec myEvents(2)
begin globals
dim as proc sURLEventUPP // 'static' var
end globals

myEvents.eventClass(0) = _kEventClassControl
myEvents.eventKind(0) = _kEventControlHitTest
myEvents.eventClass(1) = _kEventClassControl
myEvents.eventKind(1) = _kEventControlHit

long if ( sURLEventUPP == 0 )
sURLEventUPP = fn NewEventHandlerUPP( [Proc "ClickableURLHandler" +  
_FBprocToProcPtrOffset] )
end if
end fn = fn InstallEventHandler( fn GetControlEventTarget( c ),  
sURLEventUPP, 2, @myEvents(0), #0, #0 )


long if 0
"ClickableURLHandler"
enterproc fn ClickableURLHandler( nextHandler as EventHandlerCallRef,  
theEvent as EventRef, userData as ptr ) = OSStatus
'~'1
dim as OSStatus result
dim as ControlRef @ c
dim as HIRect bounds
dim as HIPoint pt
dim as ControlPartCode @ part

result = _eventNotHandledErr
call GetEventParameter( theEvent, _kEventParamDirectObject,  
_typeControlRef, #0, sizeof( c ), #0, @c )

select fn GetEventKind( theEvent )

case _kEventControlHitTest
// static text control requires this handler in order to track the mouse
call HIViewGetBounds( c, @bounds )
call GetEventParameter( theEvent, _kEventParamMouseLocation,  
_typeHIPoint, #0, sizeof( pt ), #0, @pt )
part = _kControlNoPart
// if mouse over the control, send kControlButtonPart
if ( fn CGRectContainsPoint( bounds, pt ) ) then part =  
_kControlButtonPart
call SetEventParameter( theEvent, _kEventParamControlPart,  
_typeControlPartCode, sizeof( part ), @part )
result = _noErr

// here we act on a completed click-and-release, like a button click
case _kEventControlHit
fn DoURLClick( c )
result = _noErr

end select
exitproc = result
end if


local fn MakeClickableURL( btnNum as long, url as Str255, r as ^Rect )
'~'1
dim as ControlFontStyleRec cfs
dim as Rect rCopy

rCopy = r
// make the text control
appearance button btnNum,,,,,, @rCopy, _kControlStaticTextProc
def SetButtonTextString( btnNum, url )
// set the text blue, underlined
cfs.flags = _kControlUseFaceMask _kControlUseForeColorMask
cfs.style = _ulineBit%
cfs.foreColor.red = 0
cfs.foreColor.green = 0
cfs.foreColor.blue = 0xffff
def SetButtonFontStyle( btnNum, cfs )
// install Carbon event handler on the control
fn InstallClickableURLHandler( button&( btnNum ) )
end fn



dim as Rect r
window 1, "Clickable URL"
SetRect( r, 20, 15, 390, 35 )
fn MakeClickableURL( 1, "http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2004/ 
qa1380.html", r )

do
HandleEvents
until 0
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