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[wxperl-users] application shortcut

[<so...@bl...>]

hello,

i wish to have shortcuts in my application.

respectively i already did. i added an onchar on every object on the fram=
e.
but the shortcut don't work if i used the toolbar or menu because non of
the onchar controls have the focus.

so my question:
how can i check on the whole wx::frame / application for keyevents?

http://www.lpthe.jussieu.fr/~zeitlin/wxWindows/docs/wxwin452.htm#roughgui=
de
tells me something about:
BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE, END_EVENT_TABLE
but looks like they aren't implemented in wxperl.

and somewhere else i found (don't remember where):
EVT_CHAR($this, \&handleKeyEvents); # (was in c)
but this doesn't work either...

help greatly appreciated.

greeting
Marco

[wxperl-users] wxPerl on search.cpan.org

[Jouke V. <jo...@pv...>]

Quite a while ago I found out that wxPerl was nowhere to be found on 
search.cpan.org's User Interfaces category - the category where Tk, Gtk, 
X11 and the like reside.

I sent an email to Graham Barr, who maintains the site to ask him to 
update this. He replied the following:

>The categories on the front are derived from the module list on PAUSE.
>
>If a module is missing, it is up to the author of that module to register it
>with PAUSE.

So to make wxPerl easier to find: Mattia, would you please update this?

Jouke Visser
PS: I've been away for a while, but back with good ideas and the will to execute them

[wxperl-users] Using raw window handles?

[Chris I. <ch...@sp...>]

	Hi everyone,

	I was just wondering if there is a way to make wxPerl work with "raw"
window handles.  I'm using wxPerl 0.10 on Win32, and I'm writing an
application that integrates with another one... and I'd really like to make
some of my dialogs modal... catch being their parent window is the main
application window, which I can get a window handle for, but I don't think I
can tell a wxWindows object to use it as it's parent.

	If anyone's managed to do this, or if I'm missing something painfully
obvious, any help would be greatly apprecaited.

Thanks,

chris

Re: [wxperl-users] Re to Marcus: Wx::IE

[Robin B. <ro...@kn...>]

On Tuesday 20 August 2002 01:13, Graciliano M. P. \(Virtua Sites\) wrote:
>   For linux I'm thinking about the konqueror browser! It's more fast to run
> and have more stuffs! Of course we can anable for Mozilla too, but the
> konqueror team are working to make it embeded, something like the ActiveX
> for IE.

To be honest the best would be to have both ;-) The advantage with Mozilla 
(in this case Gecko I guess) is that it's cross-platform so that the same 
code could be made to work portably, whereas IE is tied to win (as that code 
won't work even with IE mac or solaris which are totally different) and 
konqueror will work only with KDE.

Of course, having a WxKParts in which KDE users could embed any part would 
totally rock, especially if that included KSVG ;-)

-- 
Robin Berjon <ro...@kn...>
  Critic, n.: A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody
  tries to please him.

[wxperl-users] Re to Marcus: Wx::IE

[Graciliano M. P. \(V. Sites\) <gm...@vi...>]

Marcus,

  For linux I'm thinking about the konqueror browser! It's more fast to run
and have more stuffs! Of course we can anable for Mozilla too, but the
konqueror team are working to make it embeded, something like the ActiveX
for IE.

Graciliano M. P.

> >I'm working to port the class wxIE to wxPerl.
>
> Great!
> I've got a little test app using STC and Wx::HTML. It could be a very
> basic HTML editor. The option to plug in IE (or Mozilla on Linux?)
> would make it even more interesting.
>
> Marcus

[wxperl-users] Wx::IE

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

>I'm working to port the class wxIE to wxPerl.

Great!
I've got a little test app using STC and Wx::HTML. It could be a very
basic HTML editor. The option to plug in IE (or Mozilla on Linux?)
would make it even more interesting.

Marcus

[wxperl-users] wxIE

[Graciliano M. P. \(V. Sites\) <gm...@vi...>]

Mattia,

  I'm working to port the class wxIE to wxPerl. Since wxIE use ActiveX I
need to use a MSW compiler. I got the Visual Studio 6.0 and I'm making my
first tests with this compiler. I have success bulding a sample based in the
minimal sample, showing the browser inside the frame.

  My question is: To build Perl and wxPerl, and all my other stuffs I like
to use MinGW. Can I make the XS for wxIE and compile it with VS6 and use the
wxIE DLL with the other binarys from MinGW?! I know that different modules
of Perl can be made with different compilers, but all the stuffs of wxPerl
share the wxwindows DLL!

  I need to know all this first to start the XS!

Graciliano M. P.

[wxperl-users] Wx::HtmlHelpController 2

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

Okay, I think there's possibly an error in Wx::HtmlHelpController. It
insists on the following:

"Usage: Wx::HtmlHelpController::AddBook(THIS, book, show_wait) ..."

However, if you place $this as the first parameter you get the error I
sent previously. It obviously wants the file path.

So...this works :-) :

$help->Wx::HtmlHelpController::AddBook("./help/helpviewtest.zip","./help
/helpviewtest.zip" );

Give it the file path twice. I've not checked the source yet, but
something's mixed up.

Anyway, the HTMLHelp in wx rocks. Far better than M$ HTML Help, imo.

Marcus

[wxperl-users] WxHTMLHelpController and zips

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

Trying to add a book to HTML help I get the following error:

"Cannot open HML Help Book:
d:\wx/MyApp=HASH(0x....)"

Can anybody tell me what's wrong, here's the code:
--------------------------------

 Wx::FileSystem::AddHandler( Wx::ZipFSHandler->new() );
	#Don't know if this is needed?
 	my $fs = Wx::FileSystem->new();
	
#Don't know if this is needed?
  $fs->ChangePathTo( 'd:/wx/helpviewtest.zip' );
  
    my $help = Wx::HtmlHelpController->new();
        
    $help->AddBook($this, 'd:/wx/helpviewtest.zip');
	    
	$help->DisplayContents();

-----------------------

Thanks,

Marcus

Re: [wxperl-users] TipProvider delete

[Mattia B. <mb...@ds...>]

> TipProvider works nicely. A few questions though.
> 
> The delete function for TipProvider doesn't seem to be implemented(?).
> Is it not needed in wxPerl?
Forgot. there will be a ->Destroy method in the next release.

> 2) How does "#if wxUSE_STARTUP_TIPS" work in wxPerl?
Compiling wxperl w/o wxTipWindow & co. is not (currently) possible,
hence you don't need that.

> Is it up to you to store the startup status in a config file, and then
> query the status inside OnInit or MyFrame?
If by startup status you mean the currently shown tip, and the status of
the "show tips at atartup" flag, then yes.

> 3) What about the checkbox for "show at startup". It seems checked on
> every call to the TipProvider, even if the object was not deleted. How
> do you control that checkbox?
Pass a false value (typically 0), as the third parameter to Wx::ShowTip.

All of this rigorously untested :-)

HTH
Mattia

Re: [wxperl-users] Wx::MessageDialog <-> Wx::GenericMessageDialog

[Mattia B. <mb...@ds...>]

> hello all
> 
> has someone an idea why i get:
> > Can't locate object method "Show" via package "Wx::GenericMessageDialog"
> > (perhaps you forgot to load "Wx::GenericMessageDialog"?)
Yes: the inheritance tree is different and the tests
(02_inheritance.t, to be specific) did not spot that.

> when i try:
> 
> > my $dialog = Wx::MessageDialog->new($this, "foo", "bar", wxOK);
> > $dialog->Show;
> 
> on linux ?
> (works on windows!)
> 
> the sample doesn't work too
> (listctrl.pl -> File -> About -> Crash (on linux))
Putting @Wx::GenericMessageDialog::ISA = 'Wx::MessageDialog'; in your program
should work (yes, this is an hack)

Regards
Mattia

Re: [wxperl-users] compiling wxperl with cygwin

[Mattia B. <mb...@ds...>]

Cygwin can be treated as "UNIX" as far as wxPerl is concerned.

> I'm trying to install wxperl on a windows xp machine with cygwin. I'm new to 
> unix and am having trouble compiling wxperl. I followed the wxPerl Compiling 
> Guide by Graciliano M.P. as well as I could and managed to compile 
His tutorial is for MinGW, not Cygwin, BTW

> wxwindows. When I try to create the makefile (perl Makefile.PL) it gives me 
> the error:
> Can't exec "wx-config": No such file or directory at
> /cygdrive/c/wxperl/src/wxPerl/build/Any_wx_config.pm line 27.
Under Cygwin you need to do "make install" for wxWindows
( and compile wxWindows with ./configure, make, make install );

> many many times (maybe 30).
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Be warned that I managed to compile wxperl under Cygwin, but
it gave me a misterious crash on startup I could not debug.

Regards
Mattia

Re: [wxperl-users] wxDb and wxHtmlEasyPrinting bound to wxPerl?

[Mattia B. <mb...@ds...>]

> Hi Mattia,
> Hope you had a good holiday.
Yes, thanks (and it is not finished yet :-)

> Have you bound, or are you planning to bind, the wxDb class to wxPerl?  I
> want to be able to read an Access database in my application.  If it's not
> available via Wx, I can always use one of the Perl ODBC modules...
wxDb will not be wrapped (not by me, anyway). IMHO DBI works much better for
Perl.

> I would also like to use the wxHtmlEasyPrinting class - I don't think this
> is bound, either, is it?
I think so: demo -> HtmlWindow -> print uses it.

Regards
Mattia

[wxperl-users] TipProvider delete

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

TipProvider works nicely. A few questions though.

The delete function for TipProvider doesn't seem to be implemented(?).
Is it not needed in wxPerl?

2) How does "#if wxUSE_STARTUP_TIPS" work in wxPerl?

Is it up to you to store the startup status in a config file, and then
query the status inside OnInit or MyFrame?

3) What about the checkbox for "show at startup". It seems checked on
every call to the TipProvider, even if the object was not deleted. How
do you control that checkbox?

Thanks,

Marcus

[wxperl-users] compiling wxperl with cygwin

[Matt E. <med...@ho...>]

I'm trying to install wxperl on a windows xp machine with cygwin. I'm new to 
unix and am having trouble compiling wxperl. I followed the wxPerl Compiling 
Guide by Graciliano M.P. as well as I could and managed to compile 
wxwindows. When I try to create the makefile (perl Makefile.PL) it gives me 
the error:
Can't exec "wx-config": No such file or directory at
/cygdrive/c/wxperl/src/wxPerl/build/Any_wx_config.pm line 27.
many many times (maybe 30).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt Edlefsen

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[wxperl-users] wxDb and wxHtmlEasyPrinting bound to wxPerl?

[James L. <jl...@bi...>]

Hi Mattia,
Hope you had a good holiday.

Have you bound, or are you planning to bind, the wxDb class to wxPerl?  I
want to be able to read an Access database in my application.  If it's not
available via Wx, I can always use one of the Perl ODBC modules...

I would also like to use the wxHtmlEasyPrinting class - I don't think this
is bound, either, is it?

Thanks,

James

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Sent: 10 August 2002 18:29
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[wxperl-users] Wx::MessageDialog <-> Wx::GenericMessageDialog

[<so...@bl...>]

hello all

has someone an idea why i get:
> Can't locate object method "Show" via package "Wx::GenericMessageDialog=
"
> (perhaps you forgot to load "Wx::GenericMessageDialog"?)

when i try:

> my $dialog =3D Wx::MessageDialog->new($this, "foo", "bar", wxOK);
> $dialog->Show;

on linux ?
(works on windows!)

the sample doesn't work too
(listctrl.pl -> File -> About -> Crash (on linux))

greeting
Marco

PS: WxPerl version 0.10-1

Re: [wxperl-users] How do i unbind a function bound by EVT_MENU ?

[Mattia B. <mb...@ds...>]

> I've asked this first
> at
> http://perlmonks.com/index.pl?node_id=189173
> this morning (early early early early)
> After seeing that Vacation notice, I decided to post here as well
> (i was gonna wait a day or two to see if anybody responds)
> Anyway, here goes, HEEEEEEEELP! ;)
> 
> In wxPerl, if i use EVT_MENU($this, 123, sub{warn 1} ); to essentially "bind"
> that anon-sub to the 123 id, how do I go about unbinding it (is that even the
> right terminology)? 
> 
> I've tried EVT_MENU($this, 123, sub{warn 2} ); EVT_MENU($this, 123, undef );
> which doesn't work. 
Probably it should (because it DWIMs, and it is easier than what is below).
For now:
$frame->Disconnect( 123, -1, &Wx::wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED );

If you need to disconnect other events, just look in lib/Wx/Event.pm
for the definition, replace ->Connect with ->Disconnect and remove the
last argument (the code reference).

> Is it even possible? (i suspect it's not, but I can't be sure) 
It is :-)
 
HTH
Mattia

[wxperl-users] How do i unbind a function bound by EVT_MENU ?

[DH <cra...@ya...>]

I've asked this first
at
http://perlmonks.com/index.pl?node_id=189173
this morning (early early early early)
After seeing that Vacation notice, I decided to post here as well
(i was gonna wait a day or two to see if anybody responds)
Anyway, here goes, HEEEEEEEELP! ;)

In wxPerl, if i use EVT_MENU($this, 123, sub{warn 1} ); to essentially "bind"
that anon-sub to the 123 id, how do I go about unbinding it (is that even the
right terminology)? 

I've tried EVT_MENU($this, 123, sub{warn 2} ); EVT_MENU($this, 123, undef );
which doesn't work. 

Is it even possible? (i suspect it's not, but I can't be sure) 

If i don't get any replies, I will ask on the wxPerl mailing list. 

Heere's test code 


#!/usr/bin/perl
use Wx;

# every program must have a Wx::App-derive class
package MyApp;

use strict;
use vars qw(@ISA);

@ISA=qw(Wx::App);
use Wx qw[ :everything ];
use Wx::Event qw[ EVT_MENU ];
# this is called automatically on object creation
sub OnInit {
  my( $this ) = @_;

  # create new MyFrame
  my( $frame ) = MyFrame->new( "Accelerator Test",
                   Wx::Point->new( 50, 50 ),
                   Wx::Size->new( 450, 350 )
                             );

  my $menuBar = new Wx::MenuBar();
  my $menu = new Wx::Menu();

  $menu->Append( 123, "&About...\tCtrl-A", "Show about dialog." );

  EVT_MENU($frame, 123,
    sub {
        warn "PUCK"; print  Dumper\@_;
        EVT_MENU($frame, 123, undef);
        EVT_MENU($frame, 123, sub{ die "DIFFERENT" });
    } );
  
  $menuBar->Append($menu, "Info");

  $frame->SetMenuBar( $menuBar );

  EVT_MENU($frame, 321, sub { warn "I'm FAKING IT, I'm FAKING IT GOOD @_" } );

  my $ACCL = new Wx::AcceleratorTable(
    [
        wxACCEL_CTRL,
        'C',  ### NEEDS TO BE CAPITAL ( UNDOCUMENTED )
        123,
    ],
    [   wxACCEL_CTRL,
        'Q',
        321,
    ],
  );
  $frame->SetAcceleratorTable($ACCL);

  # set it as top window (so the app will automatically close when
  # the last top window is closed)
  $this->SetTopWindow( $frame );

  # show the frame
  $frame->Show( 1 );

  1;
}

package MyFrame;

use strict;
use vars qw(@ISA);

@ISA=qw(Wx::Frame);

use Wx qw(wxBITMAP_TYPE_BMP wxMENU_TEAROFF);

# Parameters: title, position, size
sub new {
  my( $class ) = shift;
  my( $this ) = $class->SUPER::new( undef, -1, $_[0], $_[1], $_[2] );

    $this;
}

package main;

# create an instance of the Wx::App-derived class
my( $app ) = MyApp->new();
# start processing events
$app->MainLoop();




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[wxperl-users] Vacation

[Mattia B. <mb...@ds...>]

Hello,
I will be on vacation from august the 12th to august the 24th;
I will read wxperl-users and personal mail around the 16th,
the other days I won't have access to e-mail.

Regards
Mattia

[wxperl-users] linux & Wx::ICOHandler

[<so...@bl...>]

hi everyone,
i started to test an application i wrote on linux
and the first thing that doesn't work is the icon
i use for windows:

$this->SetIcon(Wx::Icon->new('icons/sm.ico', wxBITMAP_TYPE_ICO));

this doesn't work on linux, i get something like:
No Image Handler defined for TYP 3

Wx::Image::AddHandler(new Wx::ICOHandler) doesn't work...

is ICO only for windows?
if yes, what kind of icon should i use that works on windows
and linux?

any ideas/hints?

tested with redhat7.3, wx0.10 and 0.11...

greeting
Marco

Re: [wxperl-users] Source of toolbar button bitmaps

[Mattia B. <mb...@ds...>]

> Hi Mattia,
> I'm making good progress with my wxPerl application (and with the Perl
> validators).
> 
> You've got some good bitmaps in your Toolbar sample - just the right size
> for the buttons, and nice bitmaps.  Where did you get them from?  I'd prefer
> to spend my time coding, rather than designing bitmaps!
In the wxWindows toolbar sample (the wxPerl one is basically a copy)
They probably come from some bitmap collection, but I don't know
(try asking on wx-users, maybe someone remembers).

Regards
Mattia

[wxperl-users] Source of toolbar button bitmaps

[James L. <jl...@bi...>]

Hi Mattia,
I'm making good progress with my wxPerl application (and with the Perl
validators).

You've got some good bitmaps in your Toolbar sample - just the right size
for the buttons, and nice bitmaps.  Where did you get them from?  I'd prefer
to spend my time coding, rather than designing bitmaps!

Thanks,

James

[wxperl-users] [ANNOUNCE] wxPerl 0.11

[Mattia B. <mb...@ds...>]

A new version of wxPerl, the Perl bindings to wxWindows
is out!

You can download the source from
http://prdownload.sourceforge.net/wxperl/Wx-0.11.tar.gz

Binary packages for ActivePerl/Win32 6xx builds,
Redhat Linux 7.1 and Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
are available along with documentation in HTML and
MS HTML Help format from
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=15655
and http://wxperl.sourceforge.net/

Changes since the last version:
	- wxStyledTextControl, based on Scintilla
	  (thanks to Marcus Friedlaender)
	- Wx::Perl::SplashFast, for faster splash screens
	  (thanks to Graciliano M. P.)
	- Wx::PlFileSystemHandler, for custom file system handlers
	- compatibility with Perl 5.7.3 and later
	- updated build instructions, using suggestions from
	  Graciliano M. P. and Marcus Friedlaender
	- allow compilation of a single big Wx.so/dll; this allows building
	  against a static wxWindows library
	- some testing with threads
	  for Perl 5.7.3 ( works with some caveats )

Regards
Mattia

Re: [wxperl-users] Size does matter

[Mattia B. <mb...@ds...>]

> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to wxperl and I find it very hard to find documentation on it
> (except for the wxWindows documentation).
> If you know some good places on the web where to get simple examples, never
> mind sending me the URLs.
You probably already looked at them, but there are some tutorials linked
fron wxperl.sf.net

> By the way, can any of you tell me how to create a non-resizable window
> (considering I still didn't quite catch how to use the 'sizer' I'd quite
> like to fix the window's size, unless any of you can explain me how this
> works).
use wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE & ~wxRESIZE_BORDER  (for a frame)
    wxDEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE & ~wxRESIZE_BORDER (for a dialog)
as the style parameters in Wx::Dialog->new and Wx::Frame->new.

HTH
Mattia