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SET HANDLER - Short Reference

Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

SET HANDLER handler1 handler2 ... 
            [FOR oref|{ALL INSTANCES}] 

            [ACTIVATION act]. 

Effect

Registers event handlershandler1, handler2, ... for events of classes.

Additions

• Specification of handler methods handler1, handler2,...:
  
  meth - List of methods of own class.
  oref->meth - List of methods of referenced objects.
  class=>meth - List of static methods of specified classes.
• FOR { oref | {ALL INSTANCES} }
  Registers instance event handlers for an object referenced via oref or for all objects that can trigger the event.
• ACTIVATION act
  Specification of registration or deregistration in act.