New win32lib and XML
The new win32lib iirc is going to have some major changes to the way
controls can be specified (so I guess this is mainly aimed at Derek).
During my trawls on the web, one thing that seems increasingly to be a
jolly good idea is to store gui layouts in a separate file, and xml is
probably not the worst choice.
An example is:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<dialog caption="Dialog Example" top="0" left="0"
width="320" height="200"
style="popup,clipsiblings,caption,sysmenu,modalframe,
3dlook,setfont"
fontname="Comic Sans MS" fontsize="10">
<control class="Static" top="29" left="32" width="70"
height="11">Static Text Example</control>
<control class="Edit" top="76" left="32" width="78" height="14"
style="not border" id="1000"></control>
<control class="Picture" top="96" left="32" width="32"
height="32" style="icon"
resource-id="128"/>
<control class="Button" top="179" left="86" width="50"
height="14" id="1">&OK</control>
<control class="Button" top="179" left="183" width="50"
height="14" id="2">&Cancel</control>
<control class="ActiveX" top="26" left="130" width="128"
height="118"
id="1009" clsid="{6262D3A0-531B-11CF-91F6-C2863C385E30}"/>
</dialog>
(from http://www.codeguru.com/advancedui/XMLGUI.html though I really
hate the idea of use "1", "2", "1000", and "1009" as control id's).
The major downside is that you can't link handlers directly to
controls. On the plus side, it divorces the gui alot more from the
application code, making it much easier to translate to another
language, remove (make invisible) a field not used by a particular
client, etc.
I haven't yet managed to find a common format for such a file (is
there one for wxWindows?) or a layout editor which stands out, maybe
Judith's IDE could be hacked?
Comments, anyone?
Pete
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