Re: [win32gui] Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Wrappers for listviews/comboboxes etc...

[<je...@je...>]

Quoting Robert May <rm...@po...>:

Hi Rob,

Nice work - thanks for contributing.

> I have been thinking about this wrapper idea for
> some time, as there are=20
> a number of useful 'widgets' that I would keep
> reusing, and think they=20
> could be packaged up for others to use.=20
> Initially I was thinking of GUI=20
> framework items:  examples are splash screens,
> about boxes and the like,=20
> that virtually every UI wants in order to look
> professional, but is the=20
> almost the same over and over again.  If nothing
> else these could serve=20
> as great examples of what can be done.

I think we=92d all agree on this:) It comes down to who=20
is going to do the work and get the ball rolling.=20
Ideally the sourceforge site would be best place to=20
have a repository of these kind of objects, and if=20
someone has the time to spare then I'm sure Aldo would=20
give the required permissions to play with the website.

> Whilst I don't have anything to contribute in
> this vein right now, I=20
> though this might be a good moment to introduce
> HyperLink.pm - a=20
> sub-classing of Win32::GUI::Label that acts as a
> clickable hyperlink:

This is a great start - a nice object. Although I had=20
a problem with the constants (I'm on5.6) and got the=20
following error:

D:\Development>perl HyperLinkDemo.pl
Constant name 'HASH(0x1a4306c)' has invalid characters=20
at HyperLink.pm line 88
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at HyperLink.pm line=20
91.
Compilation failed in require at HyperLinkDemo.pl line=20
15.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at HyperLinkDemo.pl=20
line 15.

Once fixed, it worked great.

As a suggestion, it would be a good idea to get rid of=20
the dependency on Win32::API - SetCapture and=20
ReleaseCapture are already in Win32::GUI. If you are=20
keen on this idea, I'll add GetCapture, LoadCursor=20
into GUI.xs. The issue would then be ShellExecute -=20
perhaps that should be added too?

Cheers,

Jez.