| Re: Using Event Handlers to Change GUI Configuration [message #48934] |
Thu, 01 June 2006 06:21 |
ChristopherFlorio
Messages: 23
Registered: April 2006
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Thanks. I got it to work just fine.
David Fanning wrote:
> ChristopherFlorio@gmail.com writes:
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>> Does anybody know of a way to change a GUI configuration with an event
>> handler? Say, for instance, I initially have a set of 4 widget buttons
>> on the top level base and if I pressed the first button the other three
>> buttons become sliders. If I push the second button the rest of the
>> buttons are replaced with a widget draw window. So on and so forth.
>> Basically, is there a way for the event handler to change the setup of
>> the GUI window based on the widget events for that GUI window?
>
> Yes, look at the way this is handled in XLOADCT. The
> secret is a bulletin-board base and the mapping and
> unmapping of child bases inside it. :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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| Re: Using Event Handlers to Change GUI Configuration [message #48936 is a reply to message #48934] |
Thu, 01 June 2006 05:40  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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ChristopherFlorio@gmail.com writes:
> Does anybody know of a way to change a GUI configuration with an event
> handler? Say, for instance, I initially have a set of 4 widget buttons
> on the top level base and if I pressed the first button the other three
> buttons become sliders. If I push the second button the rest of the
> buttons are replaced with a widget draw window. So on and so forth.
> Basically, is there a way for the event handler to change the setup of
> the GUI window based on the widget events for that GUI window?
Yes, look at the way this is handled in XLOADCT. The
secret is a bulletin-board base and the mapping and
unmapping of child bases inside it. :-)
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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