1. Xcontrols: request for extension
- Posted by Henri.Goffin at sbs.be Jun 11, 2002
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This message is destined to Don Phillips, creator of Xcontrols. Hi Don, i just took time to play with your brainchild. Very good job! So good that i would be glad to see a small(?) extension to geometry.ew You can define fields in a status bar with: setSubFields(StatusBar, {.5, .1, .2, .2}) and then fill those fileds with: setText({StatusBar,1}, "some text") setText({StatusBar,2}, "some more text") etc... Would'nt it be nice to be able to "manage" the satus bar together with its fields using your xcontrols? Maybe it's already possible right now but i cannot figure out how. Thanks in advance, Henri Goffin
2. Re: Xcontrols: request for extension
- Posted by Don Phillips <Graebel at hotmail.com> Jun 12, 2002
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>This message is destined to Don Phillips, creator of Xcontrols. > >Hi Don, > >i just took time to play with your brainchild. Very good job! > >So good that i would be glad to see a small(?) extension to geometry.ew > >You can define fields in a status bar with: >setSubFields(StatusBar, {.5, .1, .2, .2}) >and then fill those fileds with: >setText({StatusBar,1}, "some text") >setText({StatusBar,2}, "some more text") >etc... > >Would'nt it be nice to be able to "manage" the satus bar together with its >fields using your xcontrols? >Maybe it's already possible right now but i cannot figure out how. > >Thanks in advance, > >Henri Goffin Thats a very neat idea. You are correct in assuming that in its current incarnation, it is not possible. The Geometry control revolves around Win32Lib's setRect procedure, and since the divisions of a status bar control are not in and of themselves Windows with distinct hWnds, I have no way at the present to incorporate that sort of feature into Geometry. Actually, to tell the truth, I bet I could find a way around that limitation. However, I do not think it appropriate to add this to Geometry for the simple fact that it was designed to help manage controls and not parts of a control. Still, it gives me something to think about...