> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brock Peabody > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 9:16 AM > To: 'Boost mailing list' > Subject: RE: [boost] GUI/GDI template library > > > It wasn't a great leap to progress further to: > > typedef boost::mpl::vector_c<char, > > '0','0','0','-','0','0','0','0','0','0'> > ssn_mask; > > gui_manager<employee> gui = > > column( row("ssn: ", masked_edit<ssn_mask>(&employee::ssn), > > row("job", combo(make_job_code_map(), > &employee::job_code)), > > column("name: ", edit(&employee::name))); > > employee e = get_employee(); > > gui.set(e); > > gui.set_on_change(some_function); > > > Does this seem like the right direction to take? At the very least it > has reduced screens that took over 500 lines of code for us down to > about 30.
I'd think making the GUI controls use Boost's Regex++ for text validation would allow for much more flexibilty than straight masks, as you are using in your library. Also, I do like your idea of getting rid of static text controls. Rob Geiman _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
