Re: [wxperl-users] porting a perl/tk application to perl/wx

[Bob H. <cat...@ya...>]

Following my last message, I spotted that it is indeed
possible to do what I wanted, but I still miss the
docs.

This is all I managed to find on the topic:

http://www.arcknowledge.com/gmane.comp.lang.perl.wxperl/2004-07/msg00017.html
(which says that it is possible, but does not explain
how)

http://www.arcknowledge.com/gmane.comp.lang.perl.wxperl/2006-01/msg00084.html
(which is informative)

http://www.arcknowledge.com/gmane.comp.lang.perl.wxperl/2006-01/msg00074.html
(a link)

http://wxperl.pvoice.org/kwiki/index.cgi?SubclassingXRC
(the linked page, which includes a broken link to the
file Demo/XRCCustom.pl, so we can't read it; it also
mentions two messages in the list, but does not link
to them, so we do not know what they are.)

And (rolls of drums please) the uninformative perldoc,
which I quote in full, noting that it is a perldoc for
wxPerl on a mac...

Library::Perl::5.8.6::ULibrary::Perl::5.8.6::darwin-thread-multi-2level::Wx(3)



NAME
       Wx - interface to the wxWidgets cross-platform
GUI toolkit

SYNOPSIS
           use Wx;

           my $app = Wx::SimpleApp->new;
           my $frame = Wx::Frame->new( undef, -1,
'Hello, world!' );

           $frame->Show;
           $app->MainLoop;

DESCRIPTION
       The Wx module is a wrapper for the wxWidgets
(formerly known as
       wxWindows) GUI toolkit.

       This module comes with extensive documentation
in HTML format; you can
       download it from http://wxperl.sourceforge.net/

INSTALLATION
       Please see docs/INSTALL.pod in source package.

Windows XP look <--------------?????
       For standalone (packed using PAR, Perl2Exe,
Perl2App, ...)
       applications to get Windows XP look, a file
named "App.exe.manifest"
       (assuming the program is named "App.exe") and
containing the text below
       must be placed in the same directory as the
executable file.

         <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"
standalone="yes"?>
         <assembly
xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1"
manifestVersion="1.0
">
             <assemblyIdentity
                 processorArchitecture="x86"
                 version="5.1.0.0"
                 type="win32"
                 name="Controls"
             />
             <description>Super wxPerl
Application</description>
             <dependency>
                 <dependentAssembly>
                     <assemblyIdentity
                         type="win32"
                        
name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
                         version="6.0.0.0"
                        
publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
                         language="*"
                         processorArchitecture="x86"
                 />
             </dependentAssembly>
             </dependency>
         </assembly>

AUTHOR
       Mattia Barbon <mb...@cp...>

LICENSE
       This program is free software; you can
redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.



perl v5.8.6           
Library::Perl::5.8.6::darwin-thread-multi-2level::Wx(3)
(END) 

So, it is possible to use XRC files, but the official
docs do not have a chapter devoted to it. I am
collecting information on this, so please reply to
this message with everything you know/have on the
topic. The purpose is to gather enough information to
add a chapter to the wxPerl wiki site, or, even
better, to have a dedicated perldoc in the next
release of wxPerl.

Finally. Last week I was stressing out, so I might
have been an ... ass royal (read it as a French would,
for greater laughter). I apologise if I hitted your
nerves. wxPerl is a royal work, it just needs better
docs, I think.

Bob




 
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