Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Win32 Gui Web site

[Sean H. <jal...@ho...>]

merryxmas wrote:
> hi
> i suggest the scheme of questions and answers; such as:
> 
> 1- how to display a message box
>    answer: a complete small example with notes.
> 2- how to write text on a text box
> 3- how to retrieve text from a text box
> 4- how to color a word in a rich text box
> 5- how to retrieve the index of an item in a ListBox
> 6- how to use the trackbar, and the scrollbars
> 7- how to plot a pixel, a Line, ... , on a form or a picture box.

I think that's a good idea. People can propose questions to a 
coordinator, and a volunteer can answer the question, including code 
samples.

Of course, we could probably also harvest a bunch of the most frequently 
asked questions from the mailing list to start with.

I agree that an answer should, whenever possible, be a complete working 
example. (Preferably one that is as small as possible while still 
completely answering the question).

> and up to 1001 questions or more, with full answers, and notes.
> with sections for the totally beginners.

I would suggest a from-the-ground-up tutorial. The documentation doesn't 
provide much help there. When I was first learning, I had to spend hours 
looking through the source code and researching on MSDN to figure out 
how things work.

(I have not looked at the current wiki - perhaps it has already 
addressed this concern.)

Also, since wiki-spam has apparently been a problem in the past, I would 
recommend requiring registration to edit the wiki. I know that some 
wikis provide that option, although I don't know whether MediaWiki does 
so, since it was designed for the anybody-can-edit approach of Wikipedia.

If we do require registration to edit the wiki, we'll need a question 
submission form for those without editor rights.

Anyway, I am willing to provide some answers. I am a student with a 
heavy schedule this semester, but I'll do what I can. Exams will be in 
mid-January, and after that the next semester is supposed to be lighter 
on classes (although I'll have a major project I'll be working on from 
home).