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== Built-in Controls ==
Particular FM controls have predefined indices, indicated by the constants below:

'''CTL_BACKGROUND'''
'''CTL_CANCEL'''
'''CTL_EDIT'''
'''CTL_FRAME'''
'''CTL_HOST'''
'''CTL_LOGO'''
'''CTL_OK'''
'''CTL_PREVIEW'''
'''CTL_PROGRESS'''
'''CTL_ZOOM'''

''' Notice:'''  {{CTL_LAST_USER}} corresponds to the last available user control index. Check this value to ensure the index you use is not already reserved by a particular FM control.

== User Control Properties ==
((BITMAP)) - Creates a bitmap image
((CHECKBOX)) - Creates a checkbox
((COMBOBOX)) - Creates a pull-down list/combo box
((EDIT)) - Creates a text editbox
((FRAME)) - Creates a frame/border
((GROUPBOX)) - Creates a groupbox for grouping radio buttons
((ICON)) - Creates an icon image
((IMAGE)) - Creates a transparent bitmap image
((LISTBOX)) - Creates a listbox
((METAFILE)) - Creates a vector image
((MODIFY)) - Changes the properties of a predefined control
((NONE)) - Removes a predefined user control
((OWNERDRAW)) - Creates an actionable colored/transparent rectangle control
((PUSHBUTTON)) - Creates a standard button
((RADIOBUTTON)) - Creates a single radio button
((RECT)) - Creates a rectangle
((SCROLLBAR)) - Creates a scrollbar on its own
((SLIDER)) - Creates a trackbar with a text label and numeric edit control
((STANDARD)) - Creates a scrollbar with a text label and numeric edit control
((STATICTEXT)) - Creates a text label
((TAB)) - Creates a tab control, optionally with multiple tab sheets
((TRACKBAR)) - Creates a trackbar (a kind of scrollbar with ticks)

== User Control Functions ==
((checkCtlFocus)) - Checks if a control currently has user focus.
((clearCtlBuddyStyle)) - Clears the window style of labels and edit boxes on standard and slider controls.
((clearCtlBuddyStyleEx)) - Clears the extended window style of labels and edit boxes on standard and slider controls.
((clearCtlProperties)) - Clears a previously set property from a control.
((clearCtlStyle)) - Clears a window style from a user control.
((clearCtlStyleEx)) - Clears an extended window style from a user control.
((createCtl)) - Creates a new user interface control at runtime.
((createFont)) - Creates a font object to use with a user control.
((ctlEnabled)) - Determines if a control is enabled.
((deleteCtl)) - Deletes a user control.
((deleteCtlItem)) - Deletes an item from a Listbox, Combobox or Tab control.
((deleteCtlItems)) - Deletes all the items in a Listbox, Combobox or Tab control.
((deleteFont)) - Deletes a font object.
((doAction)) - Performs one of several predefined actions.
((enableCtl)) - Enables, disables & hides user controls.
((fillDir)) - Fills a combobox or listbox with file and folder names.
((getCtlClass)) - Returns the type of a specific user control.
((getCtlColor)) - Returns the current color of a control.
((getCtlCoord)) - Get the mouse coordinates of any control.
((getCtlHandle)) - Gets the window handle of a user control.
((getCtlItemCount)) - Get the number of items in a Listbox, Combobox or Tab control
((getCtlItemText)) - Get the text of an item in a Listbox, Combobox or Tab control
((getCtlItemTop)) - Get the index number of the first visible item in a Listbox or Combobox
((getCtlPos)) - Get the current position and size of any control.
((getCtlRange)) - Gets the minimum or maximum of the range of a user control.
((getCtlTab)) - Gets the tab control or tab sheet that a user control has been assigned to.
((getCtlText)) - Get the text associated with a user control.
((getCtlVal)) - Returns the current value of a user control.
((getPreviewCoordX)) - Returns the x coordinate in the image above which the mouse pointer is placed.
((getPreviewCoordY)) - Returns the y coordinate in the image above which the mouse pointer is placed.
((getPreviewCursor)) - Returns the resource number of the current preview cursor
((mouseOverWhenInvisible)) - Enables & disables event triggering for disabled or invisible controls.
((refreshCtl)) - Redraws or updates a certain control.
((resetAllCtls)) - Resets the entire plugin UI to the default state when starting FilterMeister.
((scrollPreview)) - Scrolls the preview window in a given position inside the full image.
((setClickDrag)) - Changes how the user can move the image in the preview window.
((setCtlAction)) - Sets the action performed when a user control is activated.
((setCtlAnchor)) - Changes how a control is repositioned when the dialog is resized.
((setCtlBuddyStyle)) - Sets the window style of labels and edit boxes on standard and slider controls.
((setCtlBuddyStyleEx)) - Sets the extended window style of labels and edit boxes on standard and slider controls.
((setCtlColor)) - Changes the background color of the user control.
((setCtlDefVal)) - Sets the default / reset value for a control.
((setCtlDivisor)) - Sets the number of decimal places a control appears to have.
((setCtlEditSize)) - Changes the size of the text edit control of a slider.
((setCtlFocus)) - Sets which control has the user focus.
((setCtlFont)) - Sets the font of a user control.
((setCtlFontColor)) - Changes the color of the user control's text.
((setCtlFontSysColor)) - Changes the color of the user control's text to a defined system color.
((setCtlGamma)) - Changes the curve of how quickly the slider changes values
((setCtlImage)) - Changes the image displayed by a control at runtime.
((setCtlItemText)) - Changes the text of an item in a Listbox, Combobox or Tab control
((setCtlItemTop)) - Changes the first visible item in a Listbox or Combobox
((setCtlLineSize)) - Changes the control's line jump unit.
((setCtlPageSize)) - Changes the control's page jump unit.
((setCtlPixelPos)) - Resizes and repositions a control on the dialog interface (in pixels).
((setCtlPos)) - Resizes and repositions a control on the dialog interface (in DBUs).
((setCtlProperties)) - Sets the properties of a control.
((setCtlRange)) - Changes the range of values a user control can return.
((setCtlScripting)) - Enables & disables Photoshop scripting for a user control
((setCtlStyle)) - Sets a window style for a user control.
((setCtlStyleEx)) - Sets an extended window style for a user control.
((setCtlSysColor)) - Changes the background color of the user control to a defined system color.
((setCtlTab)) - Assigns a control to the sheet of a tab control.
((setCtlText)) - Sets the text property of the user control.
((setCtlTextv)) - Sets the text property of the user control using printf-style formatting.
((setCtlTheme)) - Switches XP/Vista themes on and off for a specific control.  (Does not work correctly at the moment.)
((setCtlTicFreq)) - Sets the frequency of tick marks in a TRACKBAR control.
((setCtlToolTip)) - Sets the text that appears when the mouse hovers over the control.
((setCtlVal)) - Sets the value associated with the control.
((setPreviewCursor)) - Changes the cursor displayed when the mouse is over the preview window.
((setZoom)) - Sets the zoom level of the filter preview image.
((testAbort)) - Tests for a user-requested abort.
((updateAnchors)) - Updates the anchors for all user controls.
((updatePreview)) - Updates the filter preview image.
((updateProgress)) - Updates the filter progress bar.

== Message & Dialog Windows ==
((chooseColor)) - Invokes the host application's default color picker dialog
((Error)) - Displays an error box dialog with Cancel, Retry and Ignore buttons
((ErrorOk)) - Displays an error box with an OK button
((getOpenFileName)) - Displays the standard Open File dialog
((getSaveFileName)) - Displays the standard Save File dialog
((Info)) - Displays an information box dialog
((msgBox)) - Displays a custom configured message box
((Warn)) - Displays a warning box dialog
((YesNo)) - Displays a message box containing Yes and No buttons
((YesNoCancel)) - Displays a message box containing Yes, No and Cancel buttons

== Dialog String Manipulation Functions ==
((appendEllipsis)) - Returns a string with an ellipsis ("...") appended.
((formatString)) - Returns a string with substitutions made for designated 2-character substrings
((stripEllipsis)) - Returns a string with any trailing ellipsis removed.

== Miscellaneous Dialog Functions ==
((getAsyncKeyState)) - Determines whether a key is pressed or not
((getDisplaySettings)) - Finds the bit depth, resolution and refresh rate of the screen
((getSysColor)) - Gets the color of a specified display element.
((HDBUsToPixels)) - Converts horizontal dialog box units to pixels
((playSoundWave)) - Plays a sound file
((playSoundWaveLoop)) - Plays a sound file repeatedly
((playSoundWaveSync)) - Plays a sound and waits until it finishes playing
((triggerEvent)) - Sets off a dialog, timer or internal event
((VDBUsToPixels)) - Converts vertical dialog box units to pixels

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== Filter Dialog Window Functions ==
((checkDialogFocus)) - Checks if the filter dialog currently has keyboard focus.
((clearDialogEvent)) - Disables processing of init, cancel or keypress events.
((clearDialogStyle)) - Clears various styles of the dialog.
((clearDialogStyleEx)) - Clears various extended styles of the dialog.
((createCircularRgn)) - Creates a simple circular region, for use with setDialogRegion.
createClientRgn - (not implemented)
createDialogRgn - (not implemented)
((createEllipticRgn)) - Creates an elliptical region, for use with setDialogRegion.
createMenubarRgn - (not implemented)
((createPolyRgn)) - Creates an arbitrary polygon region object from a list of pairs of vertices.
((createRectRgn)) - Creates a simple rectangular region, for use with setDialogRegion.
((createRoundRectRgn)) - Creates a rectangular region with rounded corners, for use with setDialogRegion.
createStatusbarRgn - (not implemented)
createTitlebarRgn - (not implemented)
((enableToolTipBalloon)) - Enables or disables speech balloon style tool tips for all controls.
((getAppTheme)) - Checks if the host application has XP/Vista style themes enabled.
((getDialogHandle)) - Gets the window handle of the filter dialog window.
((getDialogHeight)) - Gets the current width of the dialog in vertical DBUs.
((getDialogPos)) - Gets the current dialog position in DBUs.
((getDialogWidth)) - Gets the current width of the dialog in horizontal DBUs.
((lockWindow)) - Enables / disables drawing in the filter dialog area.
((refreshRgn)) - Redraws or updates a certain region of the filter dialog.
((refreshWindow)) - Redraws or updates the filter dialog.
((setDialogColor)) - Sets the background color of the filter dialog.
((setDialogSysColor)) - Sets the background color of the filter dialog using defined system colors
((setDialogDragMode)) - Sets whether the filter dialog can be dragged by the title bar and/or background.
((setDialogEvent)) - Enables processing of init, cancel and keypress events.
((setDialogGradient)) - Sets a gradient as the background color of the filter dialog.
((setDialogImage)) - Changes the image used in the filter dialog background.
((setDialogImageMode)) - Sets whether the dialog background image is tiled or stretched.
((setDialogMinMax)) - Sets the minimum and maximum dimensions of the filter dialog.
((setDialogPos)) - Sets the position and size of the filter dialog window.
((setDialogRegion)) - Sets the clipping region (outline) of the filter dialog.
((setDialogShowState)) - Shows and hides the main filter dialog window.
((setDialogSizeGrip)) - Shows and hides the resizing size grip control.
((setDialogStyle)) - Sets various styles of the dialog.
((setDialogStyleEx)) - Sets various extended styles of the dialog.
((setDialogText)) - Sets the caption in the title bar.
((setDialogTextv)) - Sets the caption in the title bar with printf-style formatting.
((setDialogTheme)) - Switches XP/Vista themes on and off.  (Does not work correctly at the moment.)

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== Constants ==
((ALTERNATE))
((BLACKONWHITE))
((COLORONCOLOR))
((DIM_EXACT))
((DIM_STRETCHED))
((DIM_TILED))
((HALFTONE))
((IDABORT))
((IDCANCEL))
((IDIGNORE))
((IDNO))
((IDOK))
((IDRETRY))
((IDYES))
((MAXSTRETCHBLTMODE))
((RGN_AND))
((RGN_COPY))
((RGN_DIFF))
((RGN_MAX))
((RGN_MIN))
((RGN_OR))
((RGN_XOR))
((STRETCH_ANDSCANS))
((STRETCH_DELETESCANS))
((STRETCH_HALFTONE))
((STRETCH_ORSCANS))
((WHITEONBLACK))
((WINDING))

== See Also ==
((Command Reference)), ((Image Functions)), ((System Functions)), ((C Runtime Functions))

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