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Re: GUI Programming in IDL [message #41627 is a reply to message #41359]

Thu, 04 November 2004 09:07

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Y.F. Tian writes:

> Once I changed the .prc file and re-generated the sources, I need to
> double click the files in the project window to refresh their content.
> IDL always prompted me to confirm the changes.
>
> As to the IDLDE's GUIBuilder, I prefer using it in Windows. Because
> the positioning of widgets is a big problem for me when munally write
> the code. I am wondering which type of layout that others are using
> for the top-level-base widget is. Can anybody can give me a clue on
> GUI programming effectively?
>
> Another old issue, are there any tricks to make GUI work fine in both
> Windows and Linux?

Well, Tian, you aren't going to like this probably,
but the sizing you are doing in Windows is *exactly*
what is screwing everything up in Linux. :-)

Make you bases row and column bases, and use LOTS
of them to lay out your widgets. Forget *everything*
you know about sizing widgets (except for draw widgets,
maybe), and you *maybe* will have a chance at machine
portable code.

Cheers,

David

P.S. A good book is always a good idea. :-)

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