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[wxCode-users] Searching help for a new useful wxWidgets class

[Francesco <fr...@ho...>]

Hi;
    I'm not a wxCode programmer so I don't know exactly if I can post such a message in this ML..... hope you will forgive
me if I cannot...
I sent this message also in the wx-users ML but I didn't find any help so I try to ask your support.

I think this is an issue which will be quite interesting to all the users of the FL library and to all the programmers
looking for a cross-platform advanced wxWindows-compatible toolbar.

The need for such a class is due to the fact that the wxToolWindow class used in FL library works on Win32 only, it is quite messy,
it's missing some features (regarding focus, mainly) and it can be used only with the FL library which is still unstable...

I and another developer are working on a similar class, wxPaletteFrame which has the following features:
  1) the ability to be activated/deactivated when the main frame
     activation state changes (wxMSW only)
  2) the ability to contain any type of children, and to use
     wxSizers to layout them; this allows the creation of
     "advanced toolbars" (e.g. like MSOffice's ones)
  3) the ability to draw any type of wxMiniButton in its caption
     area (standard minibuttons are already provided)
  4) the ability to be rolled/unrolled (maybe using wxCollapseBox);
     useful for big wxPaletteFrame windows
  5) the ability to show a context menu, when right-clicked in the
     caption bar, to allow the user to show/hide a specific palette
  6) the ability to save/load the layout of the wxPaletteFrames
     in the given wxConfig object
  7) it can be used without almost no modifications in your program
  8) the cross-platformness (wxMSW and wxGTK)

This last point is one of the most important and it is not completed yet: we are trying to make it work correctly under GTK but we
are experiencing two big problems connected with our not-so-deep knowledge of the GTK libraries.
This is why I'm mailing this message: I'm searching someone to help us to complete the class under GTK. Then, when it will be
completed, I will be happy to release it to the entire wxWidgets community with the relative samples & screenshots.

So; if you know C++, you have experience with GTK and you are interested in such a class, please reply to me (at
fr...@us...) and I'll give you all the details.

Thank you all,
Francesco Montorsi

Re: [wxCode-users] Searching help for a new useful wxWidgets class

[Otto W. <ott...@or...>]

Francesco wrote:
> 
>     I'm not a wxCode programmer so I don't know exactly if I can post such
> a message in this ML..... hope you will forgive me if I cannot...
> I sent this message also in the wx-users ML but I didn't find any help so I
> try to ask your support.
> 
You can post here but I doubt if you get more echo than on wx-users.
Mostly wxCode maintainers are subscribed here and they all are probably
pressed with enough of their own work. And most probably they are
subscribed to wx-users as well.

Of course you may consider to put up your project on wxCode to attract
others. But unless it's at least somehow working on one port it won't
help either. The best way is always to make a sample so interested
people can just try it out.

Another way to get help is to try to do as much as you can yourself and
just ask about the problem where you got stuck in wx-users. If someone
knows the answer it's surely given.

O. Wyss

-- 
See a huge pile of work at "http://wyodesktop.sourceforge.net/"

Re: [wxCode-users] Searching help for a new useful wxWidgets class

[Julian S. <ju...@an...>]

Hi Francesco,

It's worth talking to "Mark McCormack" <mar...@vi...>
who is working on a docking window system called wxExtended
that aims to replace FL. He's quite far advanced with it and plans
to host it on SF (I suggested wxCode but it may be too
late to change his decision on that).

Regards,

Julian

At 20:58 02/05/2004, you wrote:
>Hi;
>     I'm not a wxCode programmer so I don't know exactly if I can post 
> such a message in this ML..... hope you will forgive
>me if I cannot...
>I sent this message also in the wx-users ML but I didn't find any help so 
>I try to ask your support.
>
>I think this is an issue which will be quite interesting to all the users 
>of the FL library and to all the programmers
>looking for a cross-platform advanced wxWindows-compatible toolbar.
>
>The need for such a class is due to the fact that the wxToolWindow class 
>used in FL library works on Win32 only, it is quite messy,
>it's missing some features (regarding focus, mainly) and it can be used 
>only with the FL library which is still unstable...
>
>I and another developer are working on a similar class, wxPaletteFrame 
>which has the following features:
>   1) the ability to be activated/deactivated when the main frame
>      activation state changes (wxMSW only)
>   2) the ability to contain any type of children, and to use
>      wxSizers to layout them; this allows the creation of
>      "advanced toolbars" (e.g. like MSOffice's ones)
>   3) the ability to draw any type of wxMiniButton in its caption
>      area (standard minibuttons are already provided)
>   4) the ability to be rolled/unrolled (maybe using wxCollapseBox);
>      useful for big wxPaletteFrame windows
>   5) the ability to show a context menu, when right-clicked in the
>      caption bar, to allow the user to show/hide a specific palette
>   6) the ability to save/load the layout of the wxPaletteFrames
>      in the given wxConfig object
>   7) it can be used without almost no modifications in your program
>   8) the cross-platformness (wxMSW and wxGTK)
>
>This last point is one of the most important and it is not completed yet: 
>we are trying to make it work correctly under GTK but we
>are experiencing two big problems connected with our not-so-deep knowledge 
>of the GTK libraries.
>This is why I'm mailing this message: I'm searching someone to help us to 
>complete the class under GTK. Then, when it will be
>completed, I will be happy to release it to the entire wxWidgets community 
>with the relative samples & screenshots.
>
>So; if you know C++, you have experience with GTK and you are interested 
>in such a class, please reply to me (at
>fr...@us...) and I'll give you all the details.
>
>Thank you all,
>Francesco Montorsi
>
>
>
>
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Re: [wxCode-users] Searching help for a new useful wxWidgets class

[Francesco <fr...@ho...>]

Thanks both to Julian and Otto.

>Of course you may consider to put up your project on wxCode to attract
>others. But unless it's at least somehow working on one port it won't
>help either. The best way is always to make a sample so interested
>people can just try it out.
I already have a sample working perfectly on Win32 but with two problems under wxGTK.... 

I have contacted Mark McCormack as Julian has suggested me; I hope 
he will be able to help me.

Thank you very much indeed,
Francesco


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Smart" <ju...@an...>
To: <wxc...@li...>
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: [wxCode-users] Searching help for a new useful wxWidgets class


> Hi Francesco,
> 
> It's worth talking to "Mark McCormack" <mar...@vi...>
> who is working on a docking window system called wxExtended
> that aims to replace FL. He's quite far advanced with it and plans
> to host it on SF (I suggested wxCode but it may be too
> late to change his decision on that).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Julian
> 
> At 20:58 02/05/2004, you wrote:
> >Hi;
> >     I'm not a wxCode programmer so I don't know exactly if I can post 
> > such a message in this ML..... hope you will forgive
> >me if I cannot...
> >I sent this message also in the wx-users ML but I didn't find any help so 
> >I try to ask your support.
> >
> >I think this is an issue which will be quite interesting to all the users 
> >of the FL library and to all the programmers
> >looking for a cross-platform advanced wxWindows-compatible toolbar.
> >
> >The need for such a class is due to the fact that the wxToolWindow class 
> >used in FL library works on Win32 only, it is quite messy,
> >it's missing some features (regarding focus, mainly) and it can be used 
> >only with the FL library which is still unstable...
> >
> >I and another developer are working on a similar class, wxPaletteFrame 
> >which has the following features:
> >   1) the ability to be activated/deactivated when the main frame
> >      activation state changes (wxMSW only)
> >   2) the ability to contain any type of children, and to use
> >      wxSizers to layout them; this allows the creation of
> >      "advanced toolbars" (e.g. like MSOffice's ones)
> >   3) the ability to draw any type of wxMiniButton in its caption
> >      area (standard minibuttons are already provided)
> >   4) the ability to be rolled/unrolled (maybe using wxCollapseBox);
> >      useful for big wxPaletteFrame windows
> >   5) the ability to show a context menu, when right-clicked in the
> >      caption bar, to allow the user to show/hide a specific palette
> >   6) the ability to save/load the layout of the wxPaletteFrames
> >      in the given wxConfig object
> >   7) it can be used without almost no modifications in your program
> >   8) the cross-platformness (wxMSW and wxGTK)
> >
> >This last point is one of the most important and it is not completed yet: 
> >we are trying to make it work correctly under GTK but we
> >are experiencing two big problems connected with our not-so-deep knowledge 
> >of the GTK libraries.
> >This is why I'm mailing this message: I'm searching someone to help us to 
> >complete the class under GTK. Then, when it will be
> >completed, I will be happy to release it to the entire wxWidgets community 
> >with the relative samples & screenshots.
> >
> >So; if you know C++, you have experience with GTK and you are interested 
> >in such a class, please reply to me (at
> >fr...@us...) and I'll give you all the details.
> >
> >Thank you all,
> >Francesco Montorsi
> >
> >
> >
> >
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