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| January 21, 2007, 18:18 | |
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yonni
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I've been trying to use GUI.dll without success, and I don't know why. I get no errors, but equally, nothing is displayed on screen, here is the code for it: Code: process controls() private window; control; begin window = window("Controls",STYLE_STATIC); control = button("LOAD",type load); window_addcontrol(window,108,10,control); control = button("SAVE",type save); window_addcontrol(window,108,30,control); control = button("EXIT",type exit); window_addcontrol(window,80,450,control); control = inputline(10,load_text); window_addcontrol(window,10,10,control); control = inputline(10,save_text); window_addcontrol(window,10,30,control); window_set(window, WINDOW_MODAL, TRUE); desktop_addwindow(window); window_resize(window,160,480); window_move(window,480,0); loop frame; end; end; Is there something that I've missed that I need in order for the window to display? ____________ |
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| January 21, 2007, 21:10 | |
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Rincewind
programmer 1545 posts 
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(A bit off-topic but I just wanted to let you know ";" behind end's aren't necessary.)
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| January 21, 2007, 21:28 | |
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yonni
None 420 posts |
Quoting Rincewind: (A bit off-topic but I just wanted to let you know ";" behind end's aren't necessary.) meh, just habbit, can't remember where I got it from. ____________ |
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| January 21, 2007, 22:46 | |
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yonni
None 420 posts |
got it! I was missing "gui_show(-255)" (where the perameter is the z value of the GUI)
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| February 4, 2007, 02:09 | |
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Sandman
F3n!x0r 1194 posts 
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So Yonni. Could you tell me some stuff about GUI.dll? What do you feel are pros and cons? Is it fast or slow? Is it hard to work with? Is the result satisfactory? I was/am making something similar you see, so I wonder how much use it would be. If GUI.dll is eating a lot of resources, I still have a meaning to make my own. If anyone else has something to say about GUI.dll, please do so. Thanks. ____________ BennuWiki Yes, my avatar has grey borders in IE (so get a decent browser) ROOFLEZ ROOFLEZ |
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| February 4, 2007, 02:55 | |
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Mezzmer
Square-theorist 792 posts 
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gui is so aweomse
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| February 4, 2007, 11:05 | |
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yonni
None 420 posts |
I was only using a few simple elements of it to use within a level editor (buttons and textboxes really) because I couldn't be bothered with making my own textboxes. The major con that I did find was that you needed to have a window to display anything onto the screen, thats a GUI window within the main window made using DESKTOP_ADDWINDOW. But that, I suppose, is not such a problem if you need it for something a bit more complicated. The other con that I did find was that there is a woefully small amount of english documentation for it (I didn't look at anything in spanish I'm afraid) with noone presenting a full list of its functions. The best documentation for it that I found was in here, but I think that that also leaves out some of the functions of the GUI.dll. Pros, once you know what the commands do, and which commands you want to use (which didn't take long at all really, most time was spent looking at what else it could do) you can create functional buttons and textboxes, radio buttons, menus, etc. with minimal to no effort and that work perfectly. In my experience the textboxes made with GUI.dll work much faster than most home-made textboxes. I think this is probably due to the fact that home-made ones wait for all keys to be completely released before accepting another input, whereas normal (GUI.dll) textboxes will also accept another key input whilst one is still depressed. I hope that last sentence makes sense to you. Anyway, I would use GUI.dll for any purpose that needs any of the contols that GUI offers. Unless, of course, you want to build your own textboxes, buttons, radio buttons, menus, checkboxes, windows etc, etc. I can't really help you on the whole eating up resources front. It didn't slow me down at all, but then I think that the code above is the extent to which I used it, and being an editor, there wasn't much happening elsewhere either. ____________ |
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| February 4, 2007, 14:01 | |
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Sandman
F3n!x0r 1194 posts
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Thanks for your elaborate reply. My own textboxes work like GUI.dll's ones, so that's not a problem. Still, GUI.dll looks very nice and has a lot of features. Hard to decide whether I should continue my work. The pros would be the possible speed gain and that I can customize it. I think for the time being I'll keep working. It's a cool challenge to make something as awesome as the GUI.dll. ____________ BennuWiki Yes, my avatar has grey borders in IE (so get a decent browser) ROOFLEZ ROOFLEZ |
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| February 5, 2007, 14:07 | |
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Dennis
どこかにいる 2092 posts 
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Quoting Rincewind: (A bit off-topic but I just wanted to let you know ";" behind end's aren't necessary.) ";" behind parameter declaration of a process aren't necessary either, still everyone I know does it. 
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| February 5, 2007, 18:17 | |
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Sandman
F3n!x0r 1194 posts
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I dont't. I find that inconsequent, because the actual process body has yet to come and the semicolon signals an end, so I would place it rather at the end of the body. But that's the END for, innit.
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