Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] wrapping label text

[Johan L. <jo...@ba...>]

Haven't seen any response to this one yet so here goes...

At 16:19 2002-01-18 -0800, ed wrote:
>I want to put a label on my window after the user
>opens up a file to edit.
>It's a long string of text, it's the full path to the
>file.
>The label displays, but if it's too long it just runs
>until it gets cut off
>by the right border of the main window.
>I've been searching docs and email archives and can't
>seem to find the solution.
>I don't know if it matters, but I add the label from
>the sub that handles the opening
>of the file.

Two things.

First, I would suggest you build the entire window at once (including the 
Label for the path), then you can modify the contents as you go along. Do 
that like this:

$main->current_file_label()->Text("Currently editing file: $OPENED_FILE . ")


Second, I think your problem is that you assign the label a location, but 
not a size. So although you have correctly set the option -wrap => 1, maybe 
the label itself runs off the edge of the window. Set the label -width and 
-height options as well.


/J

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