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'''Callback''' functions are in widespread usage in Lazarus; in fact any [[Event]] is made available using 'callback'.
 
'''Callback''' functions are in widespread usage in Lazarus; in fact any [[Event]] is made available using 'callback'.
 
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<syntaxhighlight lang=pascal>
 
  type
 
  type
 
   TForm = class(TForm)
 
   TForm = class(TForm)
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   // dosomething
 
   // dosomething
 
   end;
 
   end;
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</syntaxhighlight>
  
 
The ''btnClick'' method is a callback from within the TButton implementation.
 
The ''btnClick'' method is a callback from within the TButton implementation.
  
 
Apart from their use in the userinterface of a form, callbacks are used in many [[Library|libraries]] that were linked.
 
Apart from their use in the userinterface of a form, callbacks are used in many [[Library|libraries]] that were linked.
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== Callback from library ==
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<syntaxhighlight lang=pascal>
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TMyForm = class( TForm )
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  progressbar: TProgressbar;
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  bIsAborted: boolean;
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  ...
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end;
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  // the callback function as needed by CopyFileEx
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function _CopyCallback(
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  TotalFileSize, TotalBytesTransferred, StreamSize, StreamBytesTransferred: Int64;
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  dwStreamNumber, dwCallbackReason: DWORD;
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  hSourceFile, hDestinationFile: THandle;
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  f: TMyForm ): DWORD; stdcall;
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var
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  newpos: Integer;
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const
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  PROCESS_CONTINUE = 0;
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begin
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  result := PROCESS_CONTINUE;
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  if dwCallbackReason = CALLBACK_CHUNK_FINISHED then begin
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    newpos := Round( TotalBytesTransferred / TotalFileSize * 100 );
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    with f.Progressbar do
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      if newpos <> Position then
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        Position := newpos;
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    Application.ProcessMessages();
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  end;
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end;
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...
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  // copy 'fromfile' to 'tofile' showing progress in myFor.Progressbar and obey to abort in myForm.bIsAborted
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result := CopyFileEx(  'fromfile', 'tofile', @_CopyCallback, pointer(myForm), @myForm.bIsAborted, 0 );
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</syntaxhighlight>

Revision as of 14:01, 15 April 2021

Callback functions are in widespread usage in Lazarus; in fact any Event is made available using 'callback'.

 type
  TForm = class(TForm)
    btn: TButton;
    procedure btnClick(Sender: TObject);
  end;
 ...
  procedure TForm.btnClick(Sender: TObject);
  begin
   // dosomething
  end;

The btnClick method is a callback from within the TButton implementation.

Apart from their use in the userinterface of a form, callbacks are used in many libraries that were linked.

Callback from library

TMyForm = class( TForm )
  progressbar: TProgressbar;
  bIsAborted: boolean;
  ...
end;

  // the callback function as needed by CopyFileEx
function _CopyCallback( 
  TotalFileSize, TotalBytesTransferred, StreamSize, StreamBytesTransferred: Int64; 
  dwStreamNumber, dwCallbackReason: DWORD;
  hSourceFile, hDestinationFile: THandle; 
  f: TMyForm ): DWORD; stdcall;
var
  newpos: Integer;
const
  PROCESS_CONTINUE = 0;
begin
  result := PROCESS_CONTINUE;
  if dwCallbackReason = CALLBACK_CHUNK_FINISHED then begin
    newpos := Round( TotalBytesTransferred / TotalFileSize * 100 );
    with f.Progressbar do
      if newpos <> Position then
        Position := newpos;
    Application.ProcessMessages();
  end;
end;

...

  // copy 'fromfile' to 'tofile' showing progress in myFor.Progressbar and obey to abort in myForm.bIsAborted
result := CopyFileEx(  'fromfile', 'tofile', @_CopyCallback, pointer(myForm), @myForm.bIsAborted, 0 );