1. EuWinGUI update
Hi fellow users:
Andrea sent me a reply to some questions I had about EuWinGUI. I found
it very informative and thought you might too.
The lastest versions I have tested, now has non-printable key scan. Such as
Insert, Delete, Page Up, ETC.
Also it now contains color controls, except buttons.
These additions plus future additions being added will greatly improve
EuWinGUI's capabilty.
START OF REPLY:********************
>> I have a program that I'm developing, it is currently about
>>3.000 lines long. My question is this: I noticed that I have
>>re-declared a few controls more than once in the program.
>>Example: Mark = Control(ClickText,................).
Actually you are not re-declaring them (the atom Mark was
declared once at the beginning of your program) but you
are just re-assigning it a value - the new control's ID...
>>The program works just fine,
>>1. Did you know this could be done?
Yes, of course, since in EuWinGUI you don't have to
declare the controls' IDs as constant you could even use a
same single variable to create ALL of your controls! But
obviously this way you won't be able to change or access
at run time any controls but the last one you added and
whose ID is still stored inside the variable. Basically,
if you are creating controls that you know in advance you
won't use in any way in your program (for example static
texts/labels) you can use a single variable to create them
all without fault. BUT if your controls are to receive
Events (like the ClickText of your example which is
supposed to receive Click or Move Events) you won't be
able of handle them but for the last one created control
whose ID is still stored into the variable you used to
create them all.
>>2. Will this cause a memory leak?
Not at all. The library stores internally the handles of
all the created controls and takes care of clearing them
all once the CloseApp() procedure is called to close an
application. The library simply doesn't care if you use or
not the IDs of the controls you are creating.
>>The FEATURE that I told you about last night, now let's
>>me declare controls on the fly in procedures when I need
>>them, but not if I don't need them. I have programs that use
>>controls only on occasion, but not every time the program is
>>run. This is great. Please do not fix this FEATURE.
There isn't anything to fix there, the library was coded
to be able of doing that! The ability of creating new
controls on the fly is the one that allows the Window
Designer to work!
END OF REPLY*******************
Rod Damon
EuWinGUI is not dead.
2. Re: EuWinGUI update
Hi
When will this updated version available?
When all you have is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.
3. Re: EuWinGUI update
Glad to hear it. When will the new version be available?
Jeremy
