OpenEuphoria

RE: Who can write an inputbox.e?

• Posted by Liu Junfeng <rufi at 163.com> Jan 22, 2003
• 427 views

Dan Moyer wrote:
> Liu,
> 
> 1.  Although I'm a poor judge, if you just got to know Euphoria only ten
> days ago, I'd say you're doing *exceptionally* well, & I hope we see 
> many
> useful code contributions from you!
> 
Yes, I have work out a sofeware named QuickLauncher, It can manage your 
shotcuts,and quickly launch a program , open a file or directroy. 
   
> 2.  Your improved inputbox.ew is missing the code doing the creation of 
> the
> inputbox.  (That was one of the problems I had when I tried to do it in
> response to your question: ie, making a window that was child of the 
> main
> window, before the main was created.)
> 
That is an unexpected error of IE, not my original code.

> 3.  You "copyrighted" your code; did you mean that no one may use your 
> code
> without your express permission?  I think many people don't understand 
> that
> "copyright" does NOT mean "this code was created by me", but rather "I, 
> the
> creator of this code, restrict the right to copy this code without my
> express permission".  In other words, "copyright" means "having the 
> right to
> copy", and restricts that right to the author and any persons expressly
> given that right *by* the author.
> 
I am not a native speaker of English, anyone can use my code freely, 
only to know who coded it. 
> 4.  I think most people on this list know that Euphoria (and various
> libraries like Win32Lib and utilities like the IDE) need improvement, 
> and
> many are in one way or another working to help with that improvement; so
> your "Euphoria has a long way to go!" message is at the somewhat 
> superfluous
> at best.
> 
I don't strongly mean a critic, Euphoria is still not ideal for me.

> Water is Wet!
> Fire is Hot!
> Ice is Cold!
> Sand is Abrasive!
> 
> Dan Moyer
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Liu Junfeng" <rufi at 163.com>
> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 12:37 AM
> Subject: RE: Who can write an inputbox.e?
> 
> 
> > Pete Lomax wrote:
> > > Some comments about this:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Like I say, the above works fine; if the above suggested mods cause
> > > problems, then maybe just let sleeping dogs lie. If you intend to use
> > > it alot in the future though, the above advice stands.
> > >
> > > Pete
> > > PS maybe a destroy(inputbox) prior to each time calling input_box
> > > would be same, no experience here Anyone?
> > >
> > >
> > I got to know Euphoria only ten days ago,so I havn't much experience.
> > Here is my modified code:
> > -- inputbox.ew - open an inputbox
> > -- Copyright (C) 2003  Liu Junfeng
> > -- If you wish to contact me, send an e-mail to rufi at 163.com
> >
> > include win32lib.ew
> > without warning
> >
> > constant Width=280,Height=120
> > sequence ScreenSize,Text
> > ScreenSize = getCtlSize( Screen )
> > constant inputbox=
> > ]-Width)/2,(ScreenSize[2]-Height)/2,Width,Height,{WS_CAPTION,WS_BORDER},
> > WS_EX_TOPMOST),
> >          label   = create(LText,"",inputbox,10,10,200,20,0),
> >          entry   = create( EditText, "", inputbox, 10, 30, 180, 25, 0 ),
> >          ok      = create( PushButton, "OK", inputbox, 20, 65, 60, 20, 0
> > ),
> >          cancel  = create( PushButton, "Cancel",inputbox, 120, 65, 60,
> > 20, 0 )
> > procedure Click_Button(integer self, integer event, sequence parms)
> >     if self=ok then Text=getText(entry)
> >     else Text=""  end if
> >     closeWindow( inputbox )
> > end procedure
> > setHandler({ok,cancel}, w32HClick, routine_id( "Click_Button" ))
> > global function input_box(sequence text,sequence title,integer parent)
> >        setText(label,text)
> >        setText(inputbox,title)
> >        openDialog(inputbox)
> > return  Text
> > end function
> >
> > Euphoria has a long way to go!
> >
> >
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> >
> 



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