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HostView

The HostView class is used to host custom controls written in another library. Example how to create a custom control library is demonstrated in the CustomUIView example (present in Application Center installation directory).

Constructor:

  • constructor(library: string, implementationClass: string, parent: View );
    Creates an instance of HostView control.
    • parent: the View containing the control itself.

Methods:

  • call(method: string, ...params: any[]): any
    Calls a method on your custom control.
  • callAsync(method: string, ...params: any[]): any
    Asynchronously calls a method on your custom control.
  • event(name: string, handler: () => any)
    Registers an event handler for a named event.
Example
// create “MyControl" implemented in ui.view.customexample.dll   
var ctrl = new HostView('ui.view.customexample',’MyControl’, this);  
// call methods  
var zoom = ctrl.call('getZoomStyle');  
ctrl.call('setZoomStyle', 1.2*zoom);