On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:16:25 -0400 "Boggess Rod" <rbogg...@corefurnace.com> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > The intent is to have the results go to the gui (as opposed > > to the console). > > > > > > mysql> show columns from customers; > > +------------+----------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ > > | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | > > +------------+----------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ > > | vend_id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | > > | cust_lname | char(50) | YES | | NULL | | > > | cust_fname | char(50) | YES | | NULL | | > > | cust_phone | char(50) | YES | | NULL | | > > +------------+----------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ > > > Is this your first experience developing in a GUI environment? I > thought the same thing, way back when I first started. However, it > just doesn't work that way. In every graphical environment I've > worked in (several), all of the text - all of the output - is managed > by placement of strings onto or into some type of display widget. > > Instead, what you'll need to do is grab the data one cell at a time, > convert it into a formatted string, and assign the string to a > displayable widget: a label, entry box, drop-down list, spin button, > etc. > > Various development tools exist to automate this task to various > degrees, but the end result is always the same. There is no widget > I've ever seen that can accept a stream of text for display. And I > believe the closest you'll get to something like that, is to direct > that stream into a memory or string stream, and display the text in > text-box type display element.
It may be that at GtkListStore object with a GtkTreeView is what would suit the OP best. Chris _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
