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Hi Darek

I use this NPRG module, and I receive this errormessages:
Use of uninitialized value in numeric gt (>) at
E:/Perl/site/lib/Win32/NPRG.pm line 89.
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at
E:/Perl/site/lib/Win32/NPRG.pm line 198.
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at
E:/Perl/site/lib/Win32/NPRG.pm line 202.
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at
E:/Perl/site/lib/Win32/NPRG.pm line 206.
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at
E:/Perl/site/lib/Win32/NPRG.pm line 210.
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at
E:/Perl/site/lib/Win32/NPRG.pm line 225.
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at
E:/Perl/site/lib/Win32/NPRG.pm line 225.
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at
E:/Perl/site/lib/Win32/NPRG.pm line 225.
Use of uninitialized value in split at E:/Perl/site/lib/Win32/NPRG.pm line
140.
Do you know what is it? What do i wrong?
thanks
Gabor

----- Original Message -----
From: "Darek Adamkiewicz" <dar...@eu...>
To: "gabor.borus" <gab...@fr...>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Fw: printing


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "gabor.borus" <gab...@fr...>
> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 09:11:58 +0200
> To: "Perl List" <per...@li...>
> Subject:  [perl-win32-gui-users] Fw: printing
>
>
> > > > > Hi!
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks. Have you got any example script, that can print anything
to a
> > > > > printer?
> > > >
> > > > Yes. But on the other computer then I use now.
> > > > So I'll send it to you in one day or two. It's fairly simple.
Another
> > > solution:
> > > > search this mailing list - I posted here example code 3 or 4 months
ago.
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Darek
> > >
> >  Thanks Darek
> >  Please, send me. This is a simpler for me.
> >
>
> Below is modfied example code I found in NPRG manpage  (It came with
> package installed from ActiveState repository). It works (on Win98,
> ASPerl, very cheap 9-pin local printer).
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>
> use ExtUtils::testlib;
> use Win32::Wingraph;
> use Win32::NPRG qw(drawmatrix);
>
> $dc = new Win32::Wingraph(device=>"Panasonic KX-P1150",  desc=>'test') or
> die; #orientation=>'Landscape',
>
> $dc->SetPen(3);
> # "font, size, codepage" - the third argument is Windows font codepage
> # if you don't supply this it'll be set to russian !!!,
> # 0-westerneuropean, 238-polish, I don't know the hungarian ;(
> $dc->SetFont("Times New Roman Bold, 12, 0");
> $dc->TextOut(70, 180, "Blah blah blah");
> $dc->MoveTo(70, 200);
> $dc->LineTo(270, 200);
>
> print "Start\n";
>
> $rp=new NPRG(dc=>$dc);
> $rp->{'atbreak'} =
>  sub {
>          $rp->pushq({font=>'Times, 6, 0', opt=>'R', border=>'B',
> value=>'Very wisdom report about something '.$rp->pagenum(), width=>980}
>                             );
>                 $rp->pushq({height=>20, value=>' ', width=>100}
>                             );
>                 $rp->pushq({font=>'Arial italic, 16, 0', opt=>'-L',
> border=>'TBLR', value=>"Some header", width=>300, brush=>220},
>                             {font=>'Courier Bold, 12, 0', opt=>'-C',
> border=>'TBLR', value=>"Another header", width=>250, brush=>220},
>                             {value=>\&NPRG::drawmatrix, width=>400,
>                      matrix=>[
>                                   [ {font=>'Arial Bold Italic, 12',
> value=>'Month', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'C'}],
>                                   [
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,8',
> value=>'I', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,8',
> value=>'II', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,8',
> value=>'III', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,8',
> value=>'IV', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                   ],
>                                   [
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'I', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'II', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'III', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'IV', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'V', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'VI', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'VII', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'VIII', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'IX', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'X', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'XI', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'XII', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                    ]
>                                 ],
>                              }
>                             );
>                   $rp->pushq({width=>950, height=>3, brush=>0});
>                   $rp->flushq();
>                   print "Here\n";
>                };
>
> $rp->flushq();
> print "End\n";
>
> #================================================================
> In addition
> The following code is a part of source code from the message:
> (it works for me)
>
> #!perl -w
> use strict;
> # Win32::API GDI printer test code
>
> use Win32::API;
>
> my $PrintDialog = new Win32::API('comdlg32', 'PrintDlg', ['P'],  'N');
> my $GlobalLock = new Win32::API('kernel32', 'GlobalLock', ['N'], 'N');
> my $GlobalFree = new Win32::API('kernel32', 'GlobalFree', ['N'],
> 'N');
> my $GetDeviceCaps = new Win32::API('gdi32', 'GetDeviceCaps',
> ['N','N'], 'N');
> my $GetTextMetrics = new Win32::API('gdi32', 'GetTextMetrics',
> ['N','P'], 'N');
> my $StartDoc = new Win32::API('gdi32', 'StartDoc', ['N', 'P'] , 'N');
> my $StartPage = new Win32::API('gdi32', 'StartPage', ['N'], 'N');
> my $TextOut = new Win32::API('gdi32', 'TextOut',
> ['N','I','I','P','I'], 'N');
> my $EndPage = new Win32::API('gdi32', 'EndPage', ['N'], 'N');
> my $EndDoc = new Win32::API('gdi32', 'EndDoc', ['N'], 'N');
> my $GetLastError =   new Win32::API('kernel32', 'GetLastError',   [],
> 'N');
> my $FormatMessage =  new Win32::API('kernel32', 'FormatMessage',
> ['N','P','N','N','P','N','P'],'N');
>
> sub ShowError {
>    my $function = shift;
>    my $message = " " x 1024;
>    $FormatMessage->Call(0x1000, 0, $GetLastError->Call(), 0,
> $message, 1024, 0);
>    $message =~ s/\s+$//;
>    print "$function: $message\n";
>    exit;
> }
>
> # user dialog to select printer
> # page setup dialog selected since pages, selection and copies are
> not used here
> # paper size and orientation shown instead
> my $pd = pack("Lx16Lx42", 66, 0x140); # pd_size, flags =
> RETURNDC | PRINTSETUP
> $PrintDialog->Call($pd) or die "Cancelled\n";
> # get device mode and device context
> my ($devmode, $dc) = unpack("x8Lx4L", $pd);
>
> # this part is just to print a notice line
> # and to practice mucking with pointers in structures
> # otherwise, examining devmode is not needed for GDI
> # devmode is a handle to movable global memory
> my $handle = $devmode;
> # get actual memory pointer
> unless ($devmode = $GlobalLock->Call($handle))
> {ShowError('GlobalLock')};
> # get perl to use long integer as a pointer
> # and retrieve the printer relevant part of the devmode structure
> $devmode = unpack('P104', pack('L', $devmode));
> # release the global memory
> unless ($GlobalFree->Call($handle) == 0) {ShowError('GlobalFree')};
> # these strings are blank padded
> my ($devicename, $orient, $duplex, $formname) =
> unpack('A32x12Sx16Sx6A32', $devmode);
> $orient = ('Portrait', 'Landscape')[--$orient];
> $duplex = ('', 'Duplex')[$duplex > 1];
> print "Printing to $devicename on $formname paper, $orient
> $duplex\n";
>
> ------------------------
> 2)To print DC object containing text and lines I use
> Win32::NPRG (and its base Win32::Wingraph) modules - which
> can generate EMF format file (sent directly to the printer or
> saved) - but there isn't possible to embed image object in the file
> (using this module)
>
> Regards
> Darek
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>
>
>

Hi Darek!

It's great. This API call is fantastic, is there, someweher more description
for this API call? It will be greate, if I can use this Stardoc... objects.
Regards
Gabor


----- Original Message -----
From: "Darek Adamkiewicz" <dar...@eu...>
To: "gabor.borus" <gab...@fr...>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Fw: printing


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "gabor.borus" <gab...@fr...>
> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 09:11:58 +0200
> To: "Perl List" <per...@li...>
> Subject:  [perl-win32-gui-users] Fw: printing
>
>
> > > > > Hi!
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks. Have you got any example script, that can print anything
to a
> > > > > printer?
> > > >
> > > > Yes. But on the other computer then I use now.
> > > > So I'll send it to you in one day or two. It's fairly simple.
Another
> > > solution:
> > > > search this mailing list - I posted here example code 3 or 4 months
ago.
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Darek
> > >
> >  Thanks Darek
> >  Please, send me. This is a simpler for me.
> >
>
> Below is modfied example code I found in NPRG manpage  (It came with
> package installed from ActiveState repository). It works (on Win98,
> ASPerl, very cheap 9-pin local printer).
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>
> use ExtUtils::testlib;
> use Win32::Wingraph;
> use Win32::NPRG qw(drawmatrix);
>
> $dc = new Win32::Wingraph(device=>"Panasonic KX-P1150",  desc=>'test') or
> die; #orientation=>'Landscape',
>
> $dc->SetPen(3);
> # "font, size, codepage" - the third argument is Windows font codepage
> # if you don't supply this it'll be set to russian !!!,
> # 0-westerneuropean, 238-polish, I don't know the hungarian ;(
> $dc->SetFont("Times New Roman Bold, 12, 0");
> $dc->TextOut(70, 180, "Blah blah blah");
> $dc->MoveTo(70, 200);
> $dc->LineTo(270, 200);
>
> print "Start\n";
>
> $rp=new NPRG(dc=>$dc);
> $rp->{'atbreak'} =
>  sub {
>          $rp->pushq({font=>'Times, 6, 0', opt=>'R', border=>'B',
> value=>'Very wisdom report about something '.$rp->pagenum(), width=>980}
>                             );
>                 $rp->pushq({height=>20, value=>' ', width=>100}
>                             );
>                 $rp->pushq({font=>'Arial italic, 16, 0', opt=>'-L',
> border=>'TBLR', value=>"Some header", width=>300, brush=>220},
>                             {font=>'Courier Bold, 12, 0', opt=>'-C',
> border=>'TBLR', value=>"Another header", width=>250, brush=>220},
>                             {value=>\&NPRG::drawmatrix, width=>400,
>                      matrix=>[
>                                   [ {font=>'Arial Bold Italic, 12',
> value=>'Month', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'C'}],
>                                   [
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,8',
> value=>'I', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,8',
> value=>'II', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,8',
> value=>'III', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,8',
> value=>'IV', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                   ],
>                                   [
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'I', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'II', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'III', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'IV', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'V', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'VI', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'VII', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'VIII', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'IX', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'X', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'XI', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                       {font=>'Times New Roman,7',
> value=>'XII', border=>'TBLR', opt=>'-C'},
>                                    ]
>                                 ],
>                              }
>                             );
>                   $rp->pushq({width=>950, height=>3, brush=>0});
>                   $rp->flushq();
>                   print "Here\n";
>                };
>
> $rp->flushq();
> print "End\n";
>
> #================================================================
> In addition
> The following code is a part of source code from the message:
> (it works for me)
>
> #!perl -w
> use strict;
> # Win32::API GDI printer test code
>
> use Win32::API;
>
> my $PrintDialog = new Win32::API('comdlg32', 'PrintDlg', ['P'],  'N');
> my $GlobalLock = new Win32::API('kernel32', 'GlobalLock', ['N'], 'N');
> my $GlobalFree = new Win32::API('kernel32', 'GlobalFree', ['N'],
> 'N');
> my $GetDeviceCaps = new Win32::API('gdi32', 'GetDeviceCaps',
> ['N','N'], 'N');
> my $GetTextMetrics = new Win32::API('gdi32', 'GetTextMetrics',
> ['N','P'], 'N');
> my $StartDoc = new Win32::API('gdi32', 'StartDoc', ['N', 'P'] , 'N');
> my $StartPage = new Win32::API('gdi32', 'StartPage', ['N'], 'N');
> my $TextOut = new Win32::API('gdi32', 'TextOut',
> ['N','I','I','P','I'], 'N');
> my $EndPage = new Win32::API('gdi32', 'EndPage', ['N'], 'N');
> my $EndDoc = new Win32::API('gdi32', 'EndDoc', ['N'], 'N');
> my $GetLastError =   new Win32::API('kernel32', 'GetLastError',   [],
> 'N');
> my $FormatMessage =  new Win32::API('kernel32', 'FormatMessage',
> ['N','P','N','N','P','N','P'],'N');
>
> sub ShowError {
>    my $function = shift;
>    my $message = " " x 1024;
>    $FormatMessage->Call(0x1000, 0, $GetLastError->Call(), 0,
> $message, 1024, 0);
>    $message =~ s/\s+$//;
>    print "$function: $message\n";
>    exit;
> }
>
> # user dialog to select printer
> # page setup dialog selected since pages, selection and copies are
> not used here
> # paper size and orientation shown instead
> my $pd = pack("Lx16Lx42", 66, 0x140); # pd_size, flags =
> RETURNDC | PRINTSETUP
> $PrintDialog->Call($pd) or die "Cancelled\n";
> # get device mode and device context
> my ($devmode, $dc) = unpack("x8Lx4L", $pd);
>
> # this part is just to print a notice line
> # and to practice mucking with pointers in structures
> # otherwise, examining devmode is not needed for GDI
> # devmode is a handle to movable global memory
> my $handle = $devmode;
> # get actual memory pointer
> unless ($devmode = $GlobalLock->Call($handle))
> {ShowError('GlobalLock')};
> # get perl to use long integer as a pointer
> # and retrieve the printer relevant part of the devmode structure
> $devmode = unpack('P104', pack('L', $devmode));
> # release the global memory
> unless ($GlobalFree->Call($handle) == 0) {ShowError('GlobalFree')};
> # these strings are blank padded
> my ($devicename, $orient, $duplex, $formname) =
> unpack('A32x12Sx16Sx6A32', $devmode);
> $orient = ('Portrait', 'Landscape')[--$orient];
> $duplex = ('', 'Duplex')[$duplex > 1];
> print "Printing to $devicename on $formname paper, $orient
> $duplex\n";
>
> ------------------------
> 2)To print DC object containing text and lines I use
> Win32::NPRG (and its base Win32::Wingraph) modules - which
> can generate EMF format file (sent directly to the printer or
> saved) - but there isn't possible to embed image object in the file
> (using this module)
>
> Regards
> Darek
> --
> __________________________________________________________
> Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com
> http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup
>
>
>
>

> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > Thanks. Have you got any example script, that can print anything to a
> > > printer?
> >
> > Yes. But on the other computer then I use now.
> > So I'll send it to you in one day or two. It's fairly simple. Another
> solution:
> > search this mailing list - I posted here example code 3 or 4 months ago.
> >
> > Regards
> > Darek
>
 Thanks Darek
 Please, send me. This is a simpler for me.

Regards
Gabor

>
> > Hi!
> >
> > Thanks. Have you got any example script, that can print anything to a
> > printer?
>
> Yes. But on the other computer then I use now.
> So I'll send it to you in one day or two. It's fairly simple. Another
solution:
> search this mailing list - I posted here example code 3 or 4 months ago.
>
> Regards
> Darek

Thanks Darek
Please, send me. This is a simpler for me.

Regards
Gabor

At 11:48 2002-08-28 +1000, moo cow wrote:
 > he main problem is how do I detect a right click on a menu (Such as the 
Exit option
 > on the File menu found in most windows programs)?

Yes, difficult. Not sure it can be done without hacking the XS to allow the 
event to be recognized. There's a "general" Win32::GUI catch-all event 
handler that's called... what? Anyone?


 > Also, to create the menu in your example I'd do;
 > $Menu =  Win32::GUI::MakeMenu(
 >      "Popup Menu" => "PopUpMenu",
 >     ">  &Edit"    => "PopupEdit",
 >     ">  Exit" => "PopupExit",
 > );

 From reading the code, I think i remember that MakeMenu() parses the text 
and determines the level by indentation. Consider this:

$Menu =  Win32::GUI::MakeMenu(
     "Popup Menu" => "PopUpMenu",
     " >  &Edit"    => "PopupEdit",
     " >  Exit" => "PopupExit",
);

(Do you see the difference? One space before the >)


/J
-------- ------ ---- --- -- --  --  -    -     -      -         -
Johan Lindström    Sourcerer @ Boss Casinos     jo...@ba...

Latest bookmark: "Outline for Requirements Specification"
http://www2.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/requirements.xml

Syl wrote:
 > When you return -1 in any event sub, not just in _Terminate, your window
 > gets destroyed. Since you cannot exit the Dialog() loop other than
with -1,
 > there are but two ways to do it

But that is my problem. I return(-1) to Setup() but the window is not
terminated by _Terminate or OKbutton_Click. Why?

 From an event handler...

* Returning 1 continues the "normal" action. For Terminate, this is to 
destroy the Window IIRC.

  * Returning 0 prevents the "normal" action from taking place.

* Returning -1 will exit the main loop.

So what happens in the usual Win32::GUI program is that -1 exits the main 
loop, and then the _program_ terminates, cleaning up the windows as it 
exits. That is probably why your windows stay there.


In fact I want to destroy the window after I gather the data (faults and all
:) and reconstruct the window with some error messaging stuff displayed. Or
can I ->Hide(), reconstruct and then ->Show()?

I don't think that's the best way of doing it. Why destroy the windows at all?

What you want to do--after the Ok or Cancel is pressed--is to Hide() the 
window, validate the input, and then Show() the same window with some added 
error messages. Note that the values the user wrote a minute ago is still 
there in the controls. Which is what the user wants, so this is a Good 
Thing! :)

Pseudo:

main
   Create window
   Init window (clear error msg label)
   Win32::GUI::Dialog()
   Do stuff with entered values if Ok was pressed.
   Exit

win_Terminate and cancel_Click
   win->Hide()
   return -1 to exit main loop

ok_Click
   If values ok
      win->Hide()
      set status flag = ok, and save entered values
      return -1
   else
      put error message in label
    return 0 (or 1, it may not matter at all)


That's it.

A cool thing would be to put the error message label at the bottom of the 
Dialog window, and if/when it needs to be displayed, you enlarge the window 
to make it visible (once). (Make sure it's entirely visible within the 
screen/desktop window, either by placing it in the middle of the screen, or 
by checking the coords.) Example of program that does this: PGP Disk (when 
you enter the wrong password).

Another cool thing would be to put the error message/hint just beside the 
affected input control, and highlight/SetFocus to the first offending input 
control, to make it easy for the user to a) see what's wrong, and b) change 
the input. You can see this in many well designed web forms.


/J
-------- ------ ---- --- -- --  --  -    -     -      -         -
Johan Lindström    Sourcerer @ Boss Casinos     jo...@ba...

Latest bookmark: "Outline for Requirements Specification"
http://www2.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/requirements.xml

I posted a note yesterday but did not get a satisfactory answer to my
question. Let me rephrase the problem as follows.

Assume I have window created with Win32::GUI that is used to collect some
initialization data from the user. The window contains a number of labels
and textfields plus an OK and a CANCEL button. The CANCEL button terminates
the window.

I want the OK_Click sub to check the textfields for valid input. If the
input is valid terminate the window. If the input has errors make the an
Error label in the GUI window visible and change the Error Label Text to the
name of the error.

What is the best way to accomplish this task?


Syl

Hi!

I have a listview with items that I want to receive/get the name (-text)
from the columnheaders when I click on them. I can get the index out ok, but
how to get the text puzzles me. Anybody who know?

Regards!

/ Daniel O.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1">
  <title></title>
</head>
<body>
This problem is harder than it seems at first.<br>
The main problem is how do I detect a right click on a menu (Such as the
Exit option on the File menu found in most windows programs)?<br>
<br>
Also, to create the menu in your example I'd do;<br>
$Menu =&nbsp; Win32::GUI::MakeMenu(<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Popup Menu" =&gt; "PopUpMenu",<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "&gt; &nbsp;&amp;Edit"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =&gt; "PopupEdit",<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "&gt;&nbsp; Exit" =&gt; "PopupExit",<br>
);<br>
or something similar right? &nbsp;When i put your code in the _Click action for
the menu item, the menu pops up but is blank (no text appears on it, it's
only a few pixels wide). &nbsp;Am I doing something wrong here?<br>
<br>
Nick<br>
<br>
Peter Eisengrein wrote:<br>
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> sub OKbutton_Click { .. gather data and return (-1); }
>
> When you return -1 in any event sub, not just in _Terminate, your window
> gets destroyed. Since you cannot exit the Dialog() loop other than
with -1,
> there are but two ways to do it

But that is my problem. I return(-1) to Setup() but the window is not
terminated by _Terminate or OKbutton_Click. Why?

> If you want the window gone while you do the error checking (something
that
> users, having entered potentially faulty information, will hate you to
do),

In fact I want to destroy the window after I gather the data (faults and all
:) and reconstruct the window with some error messaging stuff displayed. Or
can I ->Hide(), reconstruct and then ->Show()?

Syl

sub OKbutton_Click { .. gather data and return (-1); }

When you return -1 in any event sub, not just in _Terminate, your window
gets destroyed. Since you cannot exit the Dialog() loop other than with -1,
there are but two ways to do it

a) do the error checking inside an event (namely OK_Click).
   give an error message if it fails and return 1 to keep going.
   return -1 if it succeeds.
Your outside loop vanishes, you just do your setup() call, which in turn
calls Dialog() and when that returns, you're done.

If you want the window gone while you do the error checking (something that
users, having entered potentially faulty information, will hate you to do),
then frame the error checking procedure with $Main->Hide(); and
$Main->Show();. If it's a lengthy process, give the user an hourglas. There
is also a way to have a long-running event sub and still enable the user to
click on controls (to abort or just to pop up a message saying "hang on, I'm
busy")

b) if, for whatever reason, you need the error checking outside the Dialog()
event loop, you'll have to do something really tricky with DoEvents(). Maybe
this copy of an older post helps, but I advise against it.

====================================================
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 03:08
Subject: RE: [perl-win32-gui-users] Some basic questions

  1) How can I have a perl routine running as the master program with the 
  Window just popping up as a dialog box and once I have modified the 
  appropriate parameters, it just disappears and the command is given back
to 
  the background perl script ?
You can have any number of windows defined and controls added. A window only
shows after you issue the $Winvar->Show() method. After that, it just sits
on your monitor. If you want it to interact with the user, you either need
to go Win32::GUI::Dialog() once or Win32::GUI::DoEvents() periodically.

If you want to take a window off the screen and reuse it later, your
Window_Terminate event handler (subroutine) must not return -1. Returning 1
or -1 from _Terminate (should be any non-zero value, but in fact I found 2
to misbehave) destroys all your controls, even though they might still be
visible on the screen. Go $Winvar->Hide() and return 0 - preventing the
default action of destroying the window when control passes back from the
_Terminate event handler. To Hide() from elsewhere, return 1 - or don't
return at all. Later, you can simply Show() and Dialog() again. But see
below on how to end the message loop if you return 0 from _Terminate.

  2) How can I pass control objects as parameters to the perl subroutines,
if 
  i wish to come up with a generic GUI of myy own being called as a 
  subroutine from within the main perl program ?
You can create windows and their controls at any time. No problem creating
controls dynamically, even after the window has been on the screen, i.e.,
from within an event handler. In that case, have your _Terminate handler
return -1 and destroy the window. Next time you need another window, create
one. That does leak some memory, but nothing serious. If your program is
designed to run forever, you must get more inventive - reuse the window and
all the controls you ever needed, only hiding those you don't currently want
seen; for each new control check a hash to see which one to reuse and only
create another when there is none that fits and so on. But again, this
should not be necessary for a program with a reasonable running time.

  3) Can I have two main windows open at a time ?
Yes. One Dialog() call (or a loop with one DoEvents() call) passes control
to the message loop - that is, all messages from all windows created within
this perl session and task get processed and the appropriate event handler
subs called. You just need to keep track of your termination: if you return
-1 from ANY event handler, the message loop terminates and control passes
back to your perl script after the Win32::GUI::Dialog() call. If you still
have another window, you need to call Dialog() again. If you don't have
another window and do Dialog(), your script hangs due to lack of events that
could terminate the message loop.

It is important to bear in mind how control is passed around, especially
with more than one window active or with your intention of showing and
hiding windows. Win32::GUI::Dialog() passes control to the message loop
(inside the Win32::GUI xs C++ code). From there, the event subs get called.
If one of them returns -1, the message loop returns and script execution
resumes after the Dialog() line. This clearly implies, if one of your event
handlers does a lot of lengthy stuff, your window appears to be frozen,
because control does not pass back to the xs and no other event subs get
called. There is an easy solution to this: call Win32::GUI::DoEvents() from
within the bit of script that runs so long. Even if it is from within the
event handler or a subroutine called from the event handler. The only trap
is, beware of re-entering the same bit of script. Here's an example:

# create window here
$button1_active = 0;
$return_value = 1;
Win32::GUI::Dialog();
print "done.\n";
exit;

Button1_Click
{
	return 1 if $button1_active;
# in case the user clicked on Button1 again
	$button1_active = 1;
	for (0..1000)
	{
		print "$_ ";
		Win32::GUI::DoEvents();
# this gives the user a chance to click Abort
		last unless $button1_active;
# quit loop if (s)he did
	}
	$button1_active = 0;
	return $return_value;
}
Abort_Click
{
	$button1_active = 0;
	return 1;
}
Window_Terminate
{
	Abort_Click();
# don't forget that or the loop continues after the window is closed and
destroyed
	$return_value = -1;	# this also returns -1 from the event sub!!
}

business as usual if the script was not running, because the implicit return
-1 destroys the window and stops the message loop, which was started by
Win32::GUI::Dialog().

If the script was running, control passes back out of the inner message
loop, which was started by Win32::GUI::DoEvents() inside the Button1_Click
handler. The perl loop there finds the flag $button1_active zero and
terminates. If this sub now would return 1 instead of the $return_value -1,
the outer message loop, invoked by Win32::GUI::Dialog(), would not terminate
- with the window already destroyed, because _Terminate did not return 0,
the script would effectively hang, receiving no more messages.

One more note: if you $Winvar->Hide() your window inside an event handler
and then start your "background" script (this would in fact be a foreground
script, because you only have one task here), your window would still be
visible. Call Win32::GUI::DoEvents() one more time after Hide() to have the
internal INVALIDATE and PAINT messages take the window off the screen. And
don't forget to Show() the window when your script finishes or you won't
receive any more messages except timer ticks - not even Window_Activate,
because you can't activate a hidden window.

I have the following general structure that I am using to gather some
intitialization data from the user.

my $errormsg;
do {
   setup();
   errorcheck();
  } until !$errormsg;

sub setup { ... create GUI initialization window with user input fields and
Win32::GUI::Dialog(); }
sub OKbutton_Click { .. gather data and return (-1); }
sub ::window_Terminate { return (-1); }
sub errorcheck { ... check for errors in user input fields. If error return
$errormsg else return(-1) )

For some reason I cannot figure out why main:: keeps creating new windows
when there is an error and these windows cannot be terminated with
OKbutton_Click or ::window_Terminate.

Any suggestions?


Syl

Assuming $menu 'PopUpMenu' already exists, then do the following:

my ( $x, $y ) = Win32::GUI::GetCursorPos ();
$Window->TrackPopupMenu( $menu -> {'PopUpMenu'}, $x, $y );




-----Original Message-----
From: moo cow [mailto:mew...@ip...]
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 22:28
To: per...@li...
Subject: [perl-win32-gui-users] right click menu items


Hi,
How do I make it so I can right click a menu item, and it brings up a popup
menu?

Nick

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At 08:10 2000-08-27 +0300, ra...@un... wrote:
>1. Show up on full screen

How to size it to the Desktop (don't know about the entire screen):

Win32::GUI::GetDesktopWindow()
Returns the handle of the desktop window.

GetClientRect()
Returns a four elements array defining the windows client area rectangle 
(left, top, right, bottom) or undef on errors.

GetWindowRect()
Same, but I think it's the outside.

This should get you the values you want:
my ($left, $top, $right, $bottom) =
         Win32::GUI::GetClientRect( Win32::GUI::GetDesktopWindow() );


If you don't want any title bar and border (remember the Exit button :), 
this is an old post on the subject:

----------

Joe wrote:
>Is there a way to hide the title bar and/or frame of a window?  I want to get
>rid of the bar with the icon, name, and close buttons, and if possible get rid
>of the frame around the entire window.

If you use The GUI Loft you can easily do this by setting the Window 
property DialogBox to "Borderless" (it uses the class described below).


If not, you can use the class Win32::GUI::BorderlessWindow when you create 
your Window (it uses the technique described below). It's available in The 
GUI Loft source distro, in the PPM\AdHoc\lib\Win32\GUI directory.

Download here:
http://www.bahnhof.se/~johanl/perl/Loft/


Or, if you're more of a copy-paste kind of guy, set the style to

-style => 0x80000000,           #WS_POPUP

when you create your Win32::GUI::Window object.


----------


>3. Run another app based on the image shown and after the app finish 
>return back to this app

system()?


/J

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At 16:38 2002-08-26 -0500, Gossett, Malachy wrote:
>Well, it still doesn't look like I'm getting it, but I am trying to get 
>this to minimize to the sys tray.  Anyone with experience in this see 
>where I am missing the boat?

You never create a NotifyIcon, only an Icon.

The following is from a small script of mine (Clipboard Transformer, hence 
the names).


#Tray icon
my $fileIcon = "resource/transformer.ico";
my $icoTray = new Win32::GUI::Icon($fileIcon) or die("Could not load icon 
($fileIcon)\n");

#This is what actually puts the icon in the tray
my $niTray = Win32::GUI::NotifyIcon->new($winTransformer,
         -name   => "niTray",
         -id     => 1,
         -icon   => $icoTray,
         -tip    => $textNameProgram,
         );

So in an event (either the window's Minimize event, or a buttons Click 
event, or whatever), you Hide() your window. Only the tray icon is left for 
the user to click on.


In the events for the NofifyIcon, you Show() the window (or display a popup 
menu or something):

sub ::niTray_Click {
     return(::niTray_RightClick(@_));
     }

sub ::niTray_RightClick {

     #Here you Show() your window again.

     return(1);
     }


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Well, it still doesn't look like I'm getting it, but I am trying to get
this to minimize to the sys tray.  Anyone with experience in this see
where I am missing the boat?
=20
Thanks in advance
=20
Mal
=20
# Hello.pl script from SourceForge.Net
=20
use Win32::GUI;
=20
$MW =3D new Win32::GUI::Window(
    -title   =3D> 'hello.pl',
    -left    =3D> 100,
    -top     =3D> 100,
    -width   =3D> 250,
    -height  =3D> 100,
    -name    =3D> 'MainWindow',
    -visible =3D> 1,
);
=20
$hello =3D $MW->AddButton(
    -text    =3D> 'Hello, world',
    -name    =3D> 'Hello',
    -left    =3D> 25,
    -top     =3D> 25,
);
=20
$goodbye =3D $MW->AddButton(
    -text    =3D> 'Goodbye World',
    -name    =3D> 'Goodbye',
    -left    =3D> 125,
    -top     =3D> 25,
);
=20
$SysTray =3D new Win32::GUI::Icon('CAMEL.ICO');
=20
$MW->Show();
$rc =3D Win32::GUI::Dialog(0);
=20
sub MainWindow_Terminate {
    $MW->PostQuitMessage(1);
    # return -1;
}
=20
sub Hello_Click=20
{
    if($MW->Hello->Text eq "Hello, world")=20
    {   =20
        $MW->Hello->{-text} =3D "OneMoreTime";
    } else {
        print STDOUT "Hello, world\n";
        $MW->PostQuitMessage(0);
    }
}
sub Goodbye_Click=20
{
    if($MW->Goodbye->Text eq "Goodbye World")=20
    {
        $MW->Goodbye->{-text} =3D "OneMoreTime";
    } else {
        print STDOUT "Goodbye, world\n";
        $MW->PostQuitMessage(0);
    }
}
=20
sub SysTray_Click
{
print "Here! \n";
  =20
   $MW->Hide();
   $MW->Disable();                         =20
}=20
=20
sub Restore_Click
{
   $MW->Enable();
   $MW->Show();
}

=20
=20

ok, that helps.  That's what I presume.  I'm used to explicidly calling
subroutines (ie, &Hello_Click()), etc. =20
=20
This makes more sense, as I am trying to modify this example to minimize
to the sys tray, and of couse, it doesn't.
=20
Thanks
=20
Mal

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	From: Peter Eisengrein [mailto:Pet...@at...]=20
	Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 10:57 AM
	To: Gossett, Malachy; per...@li...
	Subject: RE: [perl-win32-gui-users] first app ?
=09
=09

	The subs are called by events, such as Click, RightClick, etc.
Any handle such as Hello (which in this case is defined as the name of
the button) can have one or more of these actions assigned to them. The
convention for these subs is Name_Event where _Event is appended to the
widget's name, i.e. Hello_Click is run when Hello (the button) gets a
single click from the user.

	HTH,=20
	Pete=20

	> -----Original Message-----=20
	> From: Gossett, Malachy [mailto:mal...@ve...]=20
	> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 13:33=20
	> To: per...@li...=20
	> Subject: RE: [perl-win32-gui-users] first app ?=20
	>=20
	>=20
	> Johan, that is a pretty good explanation.  I'm a bit new to=20
	> Win32::GUI,=20
	> having used TK more, but never became a super user with it=20
	> either.  Once=20
	> question I have, I notice that subroutines don't need=20
	> specific calls, so=20
	> how do they get called.=20
	>=20
	> A perfect example would be the hello.pl from th 665 source=20
	> release.  How=20
	> are the subroutines being called in this?=20
	>=20
	> Thanks=20
	>=20
	> Mal=20
	>=20
	> use Win32::GUI;=20
	> $MW =3D new Win32::GUI::Window(=20
	>     -title   =3D> 'hello.pl',=20
	>     -left    =3D> 100,=20
	>     -top     =3D> 100,=20
	>     -width   =3D> 150,=20
	>     -height  =3D> 100,=20
	>     -name    =3D> 'MainWindow',=20
	>     -visible =3D> 1,=20
	> );=20
	>=20
	> #Add controls=20
	> my $label =3D $MW->AddLabel(-text =3D> "This is my text.",=20
	>                             -font =3D> $font);=20
	>=20
	> $hello =3D $MW->AddButton(=20
	>     -text    =3D> 'Hello, world',=20
	>     -name    =3D> 'Hello',=20
	>     -left    =3D> 25,=20
	>     -top     =3D> 25,=20
	> );=20
	>=20
	> $MW->Show();=20
	> $rc =3D Win32::GUI::Dialog(0);=20
	>=20
	> sub MainWindow_Terminate {=20
	>     $MW->PostQuitMessage(1);=20
	>     # return -1;=20
	> }=20
	>=20
	> sub Hello_Click {=20
	>     if($MW->Hello->Text eq "Hello, world") {=20
	>         $MW->Hello->{-text} =3D "OneMoreTime";=20
	>     } else {=20
	>         print STDOUT "Hello, world\n";=20
	>         $MW->PostQuitMessage(0);=20
	>     }=20
	> }=20
	>=20
	>=20
	> -----Original Message-----=20
	> From: Johan Lindstrom [mailto:jo...@ba...]=20
	> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 10:21 AM=20
	> To: per...@li...=20
	> Subject: Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] first app ?=20
	>=20
	>=20
	> At 08:03 2000-08-27 +0300, ra...@un... wrote:=20
	> >I've just installed win32::gui but how i will do my first=20
	> app if I try=20
	> >this :=20
	> >=20
	> >use Win32::GUI;=20
	> >my $w =3D new Win32::GUI(-name =3D> 'XX');=20
	> >$w->Show();=20
	> >=20
	> >But the window just got created and destroyed imedietly !?!
Why this=20
	> >happen ?=20
	>=20
	> Unlike your vanilla Perl program, most event based programs=20
	> run what's=20
	> called a main event loop. A GUI is most often event based. It=20
	> means that=20
	>=20
	> you start it, and then it sits there waiting for user input
(events,=20
	> like=20
	> mouse clicks on buttons, or timers being triggered).=20
	>=20
	> In Win32::GUI, you enter the main loop by calling=20
	> Win32::GUI::Dialog(),=20
	> so=20
	> you should add that to your program, after the Show().=20
	>=20
	> Before entering the main loop you should have created all your
windows=20
	> (and=20
	> Show():ed the ones you want visible from the beginning). In
most cases=20
	> you=20
	> should never call Win32::GUI::Dialog() more than once in your
program.=20
	>=20
	> After you call Win32::GUI::Dialog(), the only way to exit is
from an=20
	> event.=20
	> This happens when an event handler returns -1. Typically, the=20
	> Terminate=20
	> event handler of your application window should return -1. In=20
	> your case:=20
	>=20
	> sub XX_Terminate {=20
	>      return(-1);=20
	>      }=20
	>=20
	> In other cases, you want to Hide() the window (and return 0)
in the=20
	> Terminate event handler instead, so you can Show() it again at
a later=20
	> time.=20
	>=20
	>=20
	> /J=20
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The subs are called by events, such as Click, RightClick, etc. Any =
handle
such as Hello (which in this case is defined as the name of the button) =
can
have one or more of these actions assigned to them. The convention for =
these
subs is Name_Event where _Event is appended to the widget's name, i.e.
Hello_Click is run when Hello (the button) gets a single click from the
user.

HTH,
Pete

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gossett, Malachy [mailto:mal...@ve...]
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 13:33
> To: per...@li...
> Subject: RE: [perl-win32-gui-users] first app ?
>=20
>=20
> Johan, that is a pretty good explanation.  I'm a bit new to=20
> Win32::GUI,
> having used TK more, but never became a super user with it=20
> either.  Once
> question I have, I notice that subroutines don't need=20
> specific calls, so
> how do they get called.
>=20
> A perfect example would be the hello.pl from th 665 source=20
> release.  How
> are the subroutines being called in this?
>=20
> Thanks
>=20
> Mal
>=20
> use Win32::GUI;
> $MW =3D new Win32::GUI::Window(
>     -title   =3D> 'hello.pl',
>     -left    =3D> 100,
>     -top     =3D> 100,
>     -width   =3D> 150,
>     -height  =3D> 100,
>     -name    =3D> 'MainWindow',
>     -visible =3D> 1,
> );
>=20
> #Add controls
> my $label =3D $MW->AddLabel(-text =3D> "This is my text.",=20
>                             -font =3D> $font);
>=20
> $hello =3D $MW->AddButton(
>     -text    =3D> 'Hello, world',
>     -name    =3D> 'Hello',
>     -left    =3D> 25,
>     -top     =3D> 25,
> );
>=20
> $MW->Show();
> $rc =3D Win32::GUI::Dialog(0);
>=20
> sub MainWindow_Terminate {
>     $MW->PostQuitMessage(1);
>     # return -1;
> }
>=20
> sub Hello_Click {
>     if($MW->Hello->Text eq "Hello, world") {
>         $MW->Hello->{-text} =3D "OneMoreTime";
>     } else {
>         print STDOUT "Hello, world\n";
>         $MW->PostQuitMessage(0);
>     }
> }
>=20
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johan Lindstrom [mailto:jo...@ba...]=20
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 10:21 AM
> To: per...@li...
> Subject: Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] first app ?
>=20
>=20
> At 08:03 2000-08-27 +0300, ra...@un... wrote:
> >I've just installed win32::gui but how i will do my first=20
> app if I try=20
> >this :
> >
> >use Win32::GUI;
> >my $w =3D new Win32::GUI(-name =3D> 'XX');
> >$w->Show();
> >
> >But the window just got created and destroyed imedietly !?! Why this =

> >happen ?
>=20
> Unlike your vanilla Perl program, most event based programs=20
> run what's=20
> called a main event loop. A GUI is most often event based. It=20
> means that
>=20
> you start it, and then it sits there waiting for user input (events,
> like=20
> mouse clicks on buttons, or timers being triggered).
>=20
> In Win32::GUI, you enter the main loop by calling=20
> Win32::GUI::Dialog(),
> so=20
> you should add that to your program, after the Show().
>=20
> Before entering the main loop you should have created all your =
windows
> (and=20
> Show():ed the ones you want visible from the beginning). In most =
cases
> you=20
> should never call Win32::GUI::Dialog() more than once in your =
program.
>=20
> After you call Win32::GUI::Dialog(), the only way to exit is from an
> event.=20
> This happens when an event handler returns -1. Typically, the=20
> Terminate=20
> event handler of your application window should return -1. In=20
> your case:
>=20
> sub XX_Terminate {
>      return(-1);
>      }
>=20
> In other cases, you want to Hide() the window (and return 0) in the=20
> Terminate event handler instead, so you can Show() it again at a =
later
> time.
>=20
>=20
> /J
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Johan, that is a pretty good explanation.  I'm a bit new to Win32::GUI,
having used TK more, but never became a super user with it either.  Once
question I have, I notice that subroutines don't need specific calls, so
how do they get called.

A perfect example would be the hello.pl from th 665 source release.  How
are the subroutines being called in this?

Thanks

Mal

use Win32::GUI;
$MW =3D new Win32::GUI::Window(
    -title   =3D> 'hello.pl',
    -left    =3D> 100,
    -top     =3D> 100,
    -width   =3D> 150,
    -height  =3D> 100,
    -name    =3D> 'MainWindow',
    -visible =3D> 1,
);

#Add controls
my $label =3D $MW->AddLabel(-text =3D> "This is my text.",=20
                            -font =3D> $font);

$hello =3D $MW->AddButton(
    -text    =3D> 'Hello, world',
    -name    =3D> 'Hello',
    -left    =3D> 25,
    -top     =3D> 25,
);

$MW->Show();
$rc =3D Win32::GUI::Dialog(0);

sub MainWindow_Terminate {
    $MW->PostQuitMessage(1);
    # return -1;
}

sub Hello_Click {
    if($MW->Hello->Text eq "Hello, world") {
        $MW->Hello->{-text} =3D "OneMoreTime";
    } else {
        print STDOUT "Hello, world\n";
        $MW->PostQuitMessage(0);
    }
}


-----Original Message-----
From: Johan Lindstrom [mailto:jo...@ba...]=20
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 10:21 AM
To: per...@li...
Subject: Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] first app ?


At 08:03 2000-08-27 +0300, ra...@un... wrote:
>I've just installed win32::gui but how i will do my first app if I try=20
>this :
>
>use Win32::GUI;
>my $w =3D new Win32::GUI(-name =3D> 'XX');
>$w->Show();
>
>But the window just got created and destroyed imedietly !?! Why this=20
>happen ?

Unlike your vanilla Perl program, most event based programs run what's=20
called a main event loop. A GUI is most often event based. It means that

you start it, and then it sits there waiting for user input (events,
like=20
mouse clicks on buttons, or timers being triggered).

In Win32::GUI, you enter the main loop by calling Win32::GUI::Dialog(),
so=20
you should add that to your program, after the Show().

Before entering the main loop you should have created all your windows
(and=20
Show():ed the ones you want visible from the beginning). In most cases
you=20
should never call Win32::GUI::Dialog() more than once in your program.

After you call Win32::GUI::Dialog(), the only way to exit is from an
event.=20
This happens when an event handler returns -1. Typically, the Terminate=20
event handler of your application window should return -1. In your case:

sub XX_Terminate {
     return(-1);
     }

In other cases, you want to Hide() the window (and return 0) in the=20
Terminate event handler instead, so you can Show() it again at a later
time.


/J

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At 08:03 2000-08-27 +0300, ra...@un... wrote:
>I've just installed win32::gui but how i will do my first app if I try this :
>
>use Win32::GUI;
>my $w = new Win32::GUI(-name => 'XX');
>$w->Show();
>
>But the window just got created and destroyed imedietly !?! Why this happen ?

Unlike your vanilla Perl program, most event based programs run what's 
called a main event loop. A GUI is most often event based. It means that 
you start it, and then it sits there waiting for user input (events, like 
mouse clicks on buttons, or timers being triggered).

In Win32::GUI, you enter the main loop by calling Win32::GUI::Dialog(), so 
you should add that to your program, after the Show().

Before entering the main loop you should have created all your windows (and 
Show():ed the ones you want visible from the beginning). In most cases you 
should never call Win32::GUI::Dialog() more than once in your program.

After you call Win32::GUI::Dialog(), the only way to exit is from an event. 
This happens when an event handler returns -1. Typically, the Terminate 
event handler of your application window should return -1. In your case:

sub XX_Terminate {
     return(-1);
     }

In other cases, you want to Hide() the window (and return 0) in the 
Terminate event handler instead, so you can Show() it again at a later time.


/J

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hi,

after u probably answered my first question :"), here are the next ones..
I want to create app that will do the following :

1. Show up on full screen
2. Do a controled (by the arrow keys) slide show... (not time based)
3. Run another app based on the image shown and after the app finish return back to this app

Could u guide me..

Thanx alot in advance
raptor

hi,

I've just installed win32::gui but how i will do my first app if I try this :

use Win32::GUI;
my $w = new Win32::GUI(-name => 'XX');
$w->Show();

But the window just got created and destroyed imedietly !?! Why this happen ?

Thanx alot in advance
raptor
PS. Could u just place in the SYNOPSYS of the Win32::GUI the minimum running app, as it is in all CPAN modules

I will be out of the office starting  23/08/2002 and will not return until
16/09/2002.

verlof



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New to the list and to Win32::GUI, but I've purused enough to be convinced that
WM_CLOSE event is not handled in GUI.xs.  Any chance that:

1) There is a way to handle WM_CLOSE that I just haven't found yet?
2) Code could be added to trap WM_CLOSE, and a perl method {window}_EndTask
   could be called?

I saw a post about this (think it was March 2002), but no replies to it.

Thanks in advance,
Scott

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