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Re: Win32lib question

• Posted by Dan Moyer <DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net> Mar 24, 2002
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Dan,

Welcome.

As far as I know, you're right, to make multiple windows, make each after
the first a child of it (or any others, I think).  If you haven't already,
check out Judith's IDE, it's a big help in easily making Windows programs.
Might also try my "RunDemos", it's helpful to easily see & make use of the
various demos/examples for Win32Lib.

Here's an example of what Judith's IDE did for making some windows (it made
each window a child of the just previously created one, though on the
version of the IDE I used, it said (within the IDE) that they were all
children of the first window; myself, I don't know what difference any
specific window parenting would make, but you can make them however you
want.  I put the "moveZOrder" command in so that when you opened a sequence
of windows, and then closed them, the main would not get minimized.

Dan Moyer

-- multiple windows demo
--  code generated by Win32Lib IDE v0.10.4

include Win32lib.ew
without warning

----
--  Window Window1
global constant Window1 = create( Window, "Window1", 0, Default, Default,
400, 300, 0 )
global constant PushButton7 = create( PushButton, "Open Window 2", Window1,
20, 20, 90, 30, 0 )
global constant PushButton8 = create( PushButton, "Open Window 3", Window1,
128, 20, 90, 30, 0 )
global constant PushButton9 = create( PushButton, "Open Window 4", Window1,
244, 20, 90, 30, 0 )
----
--  Window Window2
global constant Window2 = create( Window, "Window 2", Window1, Default,
Default, 400, 300, 0 )
global constant PushButton10 = create( PushButton, "Open Window 5", Window2,
52, 40, 90, 30, 0 )
----
--  Window Window3
global constant Window3 = create( Window, "Window 3", Window2, Default,
Default, 400, 300, 0 )
global constant PushButton11 = create( PushButton, "Open Window 6", Window3,
60, 40, 90, 30, 0 )
----
--  Window Window4
global constant Window4 = create( Window, "Window 4", Window3, Default,
Default, 400, 300, 0 )
global constant PushButton13 = create( PushButton, "Open Window 7", Window4,
76, 36, 90, 30, 0 )
----
--  Window Window5
global constant Window5 = create( Window, "Window 5", Window4, Default,
Default, 400, 300, 0 )
----
--  Window Window6
global constant Window6 = create( Window, "Window 6", Window5, Default,
Default, 400, 300, 0 )
----
--  Window Window7
global constant Window7 = create( Window, "Window 7", Window6, Default,
Default, 400, 300, 0 )
----
procedure Window1_onClick ()
   openWindow( Window5, Modal )
end procedure
onClick[Window1] = routine_id("Window1_onClick")

----
procedure PushButton7_onClick ()
  openWindow( Window2, Modal )
end procedure
onClick[PushButton7] = routine_id("PushButton7_onClick")

----
procedure PushButton8_onClick ()
  openWindow( Window3, Modal )
end procedure
onClick[PushButton8] = routine_id("PushButton8_onClick")

----
procedure PushButton9_onClick ()
  openWindow( Window4, Modal )
end procedure
onClick[PushButton9] = routine_id("PushButton9_onClick")

----
procedure Window2_onClose ()
  moveZOrder( Window1, HWND_TOP)
end procedure
onClose[Window2] = routine_id("Window2_onClose")

----
procedure PushButton10_onClick ()
  openWindow( Window5, Modal )
end procedure
onClick[PushButton10] = routine_id("PushButton10_onClick")

----
procedure Window3_onClose ()
    moveZOrder( Window1, HWND_TOP)
end procedure
onClose[Window3] = routine_id("Window3_onClose")

----
procedure PushButton11_onClick ()
   openWindow( Window6, Modal )
end procedure
onClick[PushButton11] = routine_id("PushButton11_onClick")

----
procedure Window4_onClose ()
     moveZOrder( Window1, HWND_TOP)
end procedure
onClose[Window4] = routine_id("Window4_onClose")

----
procedure PushButton13_onClick ()
  openWindow( Window7, Modal )
end procedure
onClick[PushButton13] = routine_id("PushButton13_onClick")



WinMain( Window1, Normal )



----- Original Message -----
From: <dmccu at connect.ab.ca>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 8:56 PM
Subject: Win32lib question


>
> Hi everyone,
>
> As a new registered user of Euphoria I am finding the language pretty
> much perfect for my needs,  and the quick and helpful support from
> Robert Craig and this board is something that I am very happy with.  I
> wonder though about Win32 development,  is Win32lib being worked on or
> what is the story?  I notice the date of March 5/01 as the last update
> on the archives.  I am not getting on anyone here,  I am just wondering
> about this,  as Euphoria is the perfect language to have a good solid
> Win32 development tool with it,  and one that is updated on a regular
> basis.  If this topic has already been discussed I apologize, I tried to
> search this list but had no luck.  I hope I have not stepped on any toes
> here.
>
> Now for my newbie windows question,  How do you have multiple windows in
> Win32lib? You only have one Winmain statement but I need to go from one
> window to the next.  Do I have to make child windows of the main window
> all the time?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
> P.S. put me in the pro-Goto group,  I am sure I could write neater
> better code without the dreaded Goto but as a hack hobbyist programmer I
> am happy to just make it work and if I'm comfortable with so-called
> spaghetti code and I get the job done I don't care if it isn't the most
> structurally perfect or neatest,  it is how I like to program.
>