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<package name="lcl">
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WSReferences
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<module name="WSReferences">
<short>
Contains types used to represent references to widget set classes and their 
handles.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<file>wsreferences.pp</file> contains types used as skeleton widget set 
component classes. These classes are never directly instantiated and may only 
contain class functions. Includes type used represent a handle and a pointer 
to a handle in widget set classes and LCL components.
</p>
<p>
<file>wsreferences.pp</file> is part of the Lazarus Component Library 
(<b>LCL</b>).
</p>
</descr>

<element name="TLCLHandle">
<short>
The type used for handles in LCL applications, components, controls, and widget set classes.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>TLCLHandle</var> is an alias for the <var>PtrUInt</var> (Pointer to 
Unsigned Integer) type, and the type used to represent handles in the Lazarus 
Component Library (LCL).
</p>
<p>
TLCLHandle differentiates the handle type used in LCL from the THandle type 
used in the FPC Run-time Library (RTL) and numerous other libraries. It is 
needed because the RTL THandle type is a longint (signed) value on 64-bit 
Linux platforms and not suitable for use as a window handle in the 
multi-platform LCL.
</p>
<p>
TLCLHandle is the type used to represent all handles for an application, 
controls, and components in the LCL - including those in widgetset class 
instances. In the LCL type system, it is equivalent to HWND (and related 
identifiers like HDC, HFONT, HICON, HBRUSH, et. al.) used to identify window 
objects and resources. TLCLHandle is one of the values that can be returned by 
the TWSReference class used for widgetset class references (The other is a 
Pointer to the TLCLHandle type).
</p>
<p>
TLCLHandle is used in the implementation of classes like:
</p>
<ul>
<li>TApplication</li>
<li>TLCLComponent</li>
<li>TLCLReferenceComponent</li>
<li>TCustomBitBtn</li>
<li>TCustomTimer</li>
<li>TCommonDialog</li>
<li>TScreen</li>
<li>TGraphic</li>
<li>TPicture</li>
<li>TSharedRasterImage</li>
<li>TRasterImage</li>
<li>TCustomBitmap</li>
<li>TSharedIcon</li>
<li>TCustomIcon</li>
<li>TIcon</li>
<li>TBrush</li>
<li>TPen</li>
<li>TCursorImage</li>
<li>TCustomImageList</li>
<li>TCustomImageListResolution</li>
<li>TChangeLink</li>
<li>TRegion</li>
<li>TTreeNode</li>
<li>TTreeNodes</li>
</ul>
<remark>
TLCLHandle is the replacement for the redefined THandle alias in LCL versions 
prior to 4.0. THandle is deprecated in LCL 4.0; TLCLHandle is used instead. 
THandle is still used in the FPC RTL (and in LazUtils) to represent files, 
file or handle streams, sockets, IO devices, processes, etc.
</remark>
</descr>
<seealso>
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TLCLHandle">LCLType.TLCLHandle</link>
<link id="#lcl.lclclasses.TLCLComponent">TLCLComponent</link>
<link id="#lcl.lclclasses.TLCLReferenceComponent">TLCLReferenceComponent</link>
</seealso>
</element>

<element name="PLCLHandle">
<short>
Pointer to a TLCLHandle instance.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
Used when accessing cached resource items in the LCL.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso>
<link id="TLCLHandle"/>
<link id="#lcl.lclrescache.ComparePHandleWithResourceCacheItem">ComparePHandleWithResourceCacheItem</link>
</seealso>
</element>

<element name="PWSReference">
<short>
Pointer to a widget set reference instance.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
Used in the implementation of the TLCLReferenceComponent and descendants, and 
returned by their WSCreateReference methods.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso>
<link id="#lcl.lclclasses.TLCLReferenceComponent.WSCreateReference">TLCLReferenceComponent.WSCreateReference</link>
<link id="#lcl.imglist.TCustomImageListResolution.WSCreateReference">TCustomImageListResolution.WSCreateReference</link>
</seealso>
</element>

<element name="TWSReference">
<short>
Represents a reference to a widget set class instance.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
Abstract (temporary) base object for all references to widgetset classes. This 
reference replaces the functionality of a Handle. An object is used to 
disallow assignments using different types of handles. It is used as the base 
class for widgetset descendants like TWSCustomImageListReference, 
TWSGDIObjReference, TWSDeviceContextReference, and TWSIconReference.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>

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<element name="TWSReference.GetAllocated"/>
<element name="TWSReference.GetAllocated.Result"/>

<!-- protected -->
<element name="TWSReference.FRef">
<short>
Variant record type which allows access to TLCLHandle and Pointer values in 
the reference.
</short>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSReference._Clear">
<short>
Clears the handle assigned in the reference.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
Sets the internal Pointer for the reference to <b>Nil</b>.
</p>
<remark>  
This method, and the others with a '_' prefix, are temporary and for widgetset 
use only. They can be removed at any time, and without any prior notice.
</remark>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSReference._Init">
<short>
Stores the specified handle or pointer to an internal member in the reference.
</short>
<descr>
<remark>  
This method, and the others with a '_' prefix, are temporary and for widgetset 
use only. They can be removed at any time, and without any prior notice.
</remark>
</descr>
<seealso>
<link id="TLCLHandle"/>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="TWSReference._Init.APtr">
<short>
Pointer to the handle stored in the reference.  
</short>
</element>
<element name="TWSReference._Init.AHandle">
<short>
TLCLHandle instance stored in the reference.    
</short>
</element>

<element name="TWSReference._Handle">
<short/>
<descr>
<p>
Gets the TLCLHandle instance assigned to the reference.
</p>
<remark>  
This method, and the others with a '_' prefix, are temporary and for widgetset 
use only. They can be removed at any time, and without any prior notice.
</remark>
</descr>
<seealso>
<link id="TLCLHandle"/>
</seealso>
</element>

<element name="TWSReference.Allocated">
<short>
Contains <b>True</b> if a handle has been assigned in the reference.  
</short>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSReference.Ptr">
<short>
Returns a Pointer with the handle for the reference.
</short>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSCustomImageListReference">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSCustomImageListReference.Handle">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSGDIObjReference">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>
  
<element name="TWSBitmapReference">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSBitmapReference.Handle">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSBrushReference">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSBrushReference._lclHandle">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSBrushReference.Handle">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSPenReference">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSPenReference._lclHandle">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSPenReference.Handle">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSFontReference">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSFontReference._lclHandle">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSFontReference.Handle">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSRegionReference">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSRegionReference._lclHandle">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSRegionReference.Handle">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>
  
<element name="TWSDeviceContextReference">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSDeviceContextReference.Handle">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSIconReference">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TWSIconReference.Handle">
<short/>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

</module>
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</package>
</fpdoc-descriptions>