In the Common Widgets subsystem, to cause a widget to be displayed.
When a widget is realized, it assumes its initial geometry and creates its
original visual appearance.
receiver
The object that receives a message. Contrast with
sender.
RecordStructure
An object that contains information about the format, structure, and types
of the data it contains.
RecordStructure classes
Classes that provide a flexible, open architecture for converting
Smalltalk objects to and from data types of other languages.
reftype
In the Smalltalk virtual machine, a value stored by OSObject
instances that indicates what kind of processing should be done to the
OSObjects. OSObjects provide a mechanism for describing and accessing
arbitrary memory structures.
release
A system operation on a component that changes its containing
component's configuration. Releasing a component adds its released
edition or version to the configuration for its containing component.
When a containing component is loaded into an image, the released editions or
versions of the components it contains are also loaded.
renderable
A visual object that conforms to a specified rendering protocol and can
display (render) itself.
repository
An organized, shared body of information that can support business and
data-processing activities.
In VisualAge, the multiuser library that stores components such as
applications, classes, and methods created by application developers.
It stores source code, object code, and persistent objects.
reset button
A type of push button that can appear on an HTML form. A
reset button restores all input fields to their default states.
resource
In the Common Widgets subsystem, a named state that defines the behavior
and appearance of a widget.
resource method
In the Common Widgets subsystem, a method that provides access to a
widget's resources.
return expression
An expression whose value is returned as the result of a method, for
example ^ self.
return value
An object or data type that a receiver object passes to a sender object in
response to a message.