perl-win32-gui-users

[perl-win32-gui-users] Tool tip implementation

[Anufriyenko,Igor,SOLON,I. - D. D. <igo...@us...>]

	Hello,

	Can anybody shred some insight on the tool tip method implementation
new Win32::GUI::Tooltip (PARENT, %OPTIONS) such as:
	- PARENT - is this  a  handle or control name?
	- %OPTIONS - what are they?

	GUI.PM states that Tooltip is a preliminary - are there any plans to
make it permanent?

	Thank you,

	Igor.

      

[perl-win32-gui-users] Win32GUI + Tk...??? possible?

[Mark W. <ma...@il...>]

Hi group,

I have never tried, but I am pondering the possibilities of having Win32GUI and
PerlTK run simultaneously.  The problem, of course, is in the event looping -
both need to have their event loops executed, and yet the call to execute the
event loop is "blocking" as far as I can tell.  Has anyone ever tried to do
this?  The solution is not entirely obvious to me, but perhaps it is obvious to
someone else...  I am just frustrated at how difficult it is to create custom
widgets in Win32, where it is childishly simple in Tk.  If I could have the best
of both worlds it would be marvellous!

Anyone out there with experience (good or bad) please drop me a line.

Cheers all!

M

Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Win32GUI + Tk...??? possible?

[Marcus <li...@wo...>]

On 30.10.01 at 07:00 Mark Wilkinson wrote:
>I have never tried, but I am pondering the possibilities of having
>Win32GUI and
>PerlTK run simultaneously...

I just tried that a few days ago after a similar post on the Perl/Tk
mailing list. It seems to work.

I placed the Tk code in a package without calling MainLoop. Then called
the Tk widget from the Win32::GUI script:

mytkwidget::show_widget();
Tk::MainLoop;
...


The "main" Tk code is in the show_widget sub. Not an OO widget.

The cool thing is that the Tk widget can be moved over the Win32::GUI
window and both are refreshed :-)
That doesn't happen when you use a native Windows widget (e.g. file
selector) from Perl/Tk.

HTH,

Marcus

Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Win32GUI + Tk...??? possible?

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

At 07:00 2001-10-30 -0600, Mark Wilkinson wrote:
>I have never tried, but I am pondering the possibilities of having 
>Win32GUI and
>PerlTK run simultaneously.  The problem, of course, is in the event looping -
>both need to have their event loops executed, and yet the call to execute the
>event loop is "blocking" as far as I can tell.  Has anyone ever tried to do
>this?

It sounds like a... dubious idea to me :)

But try this: in the main event loop in Tk (if there is one), call

Win32::GUI::DoEvents();

Or if there isn't one, try rolling your own main event loop in Win32::GUI 
and call both Win32::GUI::DoEvents() and the Tk analogue. Or add a 
Win32::GUI::Timer control to call the Tk::DoEvents() (or whatever it's called).


>   The solution is not entirely obvious to me, but perhaps it is obvious to
>someone else...  I am just frustrated at how difficult it is to create custom
>widgets in Win32, where it is childishly simple in Tk.  If I could have 
>the best
>of both worlds it would be marvellous!

What do you mean by custom widget?

If you want to draw the contents of your own control, there is the 
Win32::GUI::Graphic control which has a Paint event.


/J

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Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Win32GUI + Tk...??? possible?

[Mark W. <ma...@il...>]

Johan Lindstrom wrote:

> It sounds like a... dubious idea to me :)

yeah, it did to me too :-)  I haven't had a chance to test the solution that was
posted here.  I'll post my experiences to the group when I have played with it a
bit.

> But try this: in the main event loop in Tk (if there is one), call

there is.


> Win32::GUI::DoEvents();

or v.v.   Tk::DoEvents    ;-)


> What do you mean by custom widget?

meaning that widget X is derived from and extends widget Y.  Essentially, just
making ActiveX-like controls... but I have always had trouble with AX controls
too.  It's just me - I'm not too bright :-)

M