wow 2011/11/7 Benoît Minisini <gam...@users.sourceforge.net>
> Le 07/11/2011 05:29, Bruce Bruen a écrit : > > I thought I had figured out all the secrets, but no. > > > > This is about custom controls (hereafter "CC") written in gambas. > > > > What I've found out so far > > 1) Declaring one of the hidden constants with the value set to the > > default causes problems, e.g. _IsContainer=False > > Mmm. What are you talking about exactly ? > > > 2) (Related) Don't use the _DrawWith constant without care as it will > > crash the IDE if the form is left open. > > _DrawWith works only if you specify a control used by the IDE project > (it must be in gb.qt4, gb.qt4.ext, gb.form or gb.form.mdi). > > > 3) The Controls directory containing the icons now has to go under the > > Project directory and migrating a GB2 project doesn't move them. > > Indeed. > > > 4) It would be really, really nice if IsContainer was a RO property > > exposed by all controls > > To know if a control is a container, use the "IS" operator: > > If MyControl Is Container Then ... > > The difference is when a control actually inherits UserControl. It is a > container, but it must be used as a control. > > So the test you need is: > > If MyControl Is Container And If Not MyControl Is UserControl Then ... > > > 5) It would be really, really, really nice if all controls had a > > AcceptFocus property (IDE visible) so things like Picture boxes can be > > skipped in custom navigation code > > Normally PictureBox is a read-only control, so it should not get the > focus (do you use gb.qt or gb.gtk?). > > DrawingArea has a "Focus" property. I admit it may be useful to put that > property in every control, but I'm not sure it is a good idea at the > moment. > > > 6) The IDE now makes testing a custom control library project really > > easy, except: > > a) it doesn't display the controls like they would appear in the > > finished product. > > It should. Please give more details. > > > b) the gb problem of having to reload the project if a new CC class > > is added still seems to exist. > > What are you talking about exactly? Please give some details. > > > 7) Issue # 123 GUI dependencies in library projects not exposing any gui > > dependency is a real pain. > > Yes. Not fixed at the moment... > > > ...and about a gazillion things about the differences in behaviour > > between gtk and qt4 (but they are not gambas problems). > > Please report all of them as possible. The goal is to erase all these > differences as much as possible. > > > > > So I have now partially converted my first level CC library from gb2 to > > gb3 and its real good! > > But what do I do now? How do I make it useable in the IDE? > > (Apart from 7 above I don't consider any of these to be gambas 3 > > issues.) > > > > I have figured out that I can see the CC's in a form (*) in the IDE if I > > add the CC component to the IDE and recompile it (well actually, ran it > > inside itself). And they look real good and are displayed as they will > > in the finished product (allowing for the visual difference b/n QT4 and > > GTK). But the controls don't show up in the toolbox?? > > > > (*) Done by importing a GB2 project "mocked up" to use the GB3 CC > > library control names > > > > I have tried sticking the library executable and the library.component > > file in /usr/local/gambas3 but that achieves nothing. > > I have tried sticking the library executable in /usr/bin with no joy. > > > > Would some of you nice people tell me what it is that I haven't done, > > please. > > You must make a binary package of your component project. Normally this > package should install the component in the same place as the other > components located in the Gambas 3 source code, and should become as > usable as them. > > Regards, > > -- > Benoît Minisini > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > Save $700 by Nov 18 > Register now > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
