ui.Interface methods

Methods of the ui.Interface class

Table 1. Class methods
Name	Description
`ui.Interface.frontCall( moduleName STRING, functionName STRING, [ parameters ], [ results ] )`	`ui.Interface.frontCall` performs a function call to the current front-end.
`ui.Interface.filenameToURI( path STRING ) RETURNS STRING`	Converts a filename to a URI to be used as a web component image resource.
`ui.Interface.getChildCount() RETURNS INTEGER`	Get the number of children in a parent container.
`ui.Interface.getChildInstances( name STRING ) RETURNS INTEGER`	Get the number of child instances for a given program name.
`ui.Interface.getContainer() RETURNS STRING`	Get the parent container of the current program.
`ui.Interface.getDocument() RETURNS om.DomDocument`	Returns the DOM document of the abstract user interface tree.
`ui.Interface.getFrontEndName() RETURNS STRING`	Returns the type of the front-end currently in use.
`ui.Interface.getFrontEndVersion() RETURNS STRING`	Returns the version of the front-end currently in use.
`ui.Interface.getName() RETURNS STRING`	`ui.Interface.frontCall` performs a function call to the current front-end.
`ui.Interface.getImage() RETURNS STRING`	`ui.Interface.frontCall` performs a function call to the current front-end.
`ui.Interface.getText() RETURNS STRING`	Returns the title of the program.
`ui.Interface.getType() RETURNS STRING`	Returns the type of the program.
`ui.Interface.getRootNode() RETURNS om.DomNode`	Get the root DOM node of the abstract user interface.
`ui.Interface.getUniversalClientName() RETURNS STRING`	Returns the name of the front-end used for Universal Rendering.
`ui.Interface.getUniversalClientVersion() RETURNS STRING`	Returns the version of the front-end used for Universal Rendering.
`ui.Interface.loadActionDefaults( path STRING )`	Load the default action defaults file.
`ui.Interface.loadStartMenu( path STRING )`	Load the start menu file.
`ui.Interface.loadToolBar( path STRING )`	Load a default/global toolbar file for all forms of the program.
`ui.Interface.loadTopMenu( path STRING )`	Load a default/global topmenu file for all forms of the program.
`ui.Interface.loadStyles( path STRING )`	Load the presentation styles file.
`ui.Interface.refresh()`	Synchronize the user interface with the front-end.
`ui.Interface.setContainer( name STRING )`	Define the parent container for the current program.
`ui.Interface.setImage( image STRING )`	Defines the icon image of the program.
`ui.Interface.setName( name STRING )`	Define the name of the current program for the front-end.
`ui.Interface.setText( title STRING )`	Defines the title for the program.
`ui.Interface.setSize( h INTEGER, w INTEGER )`	Specify the initial size of the parent container window.
`ui.Interface.setType( type STRING )`	Defines the type of the program for the front-end.