> From: "Mike Kangas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> You could try the CardLayout manager ....
Yes, I'd spotted CardLayout. I'll look at that immediately.
It seems that CardLayout simply hides the controls and windows
which are not immediately required.
Unless someone can tell me otherwise, I'll assume that a program
written with CardLayout results in resources allocated for all
controls on all windows irrespective of whether the controls are
visible. Program starts; all resources are allocated. Program ends;
all resources are released. I suppose it doesn't matter really, as
if that's the way I have to write my app, so be it. I am thankful
that someone went to the trouble of writing CardLayout as it's sure
to be a time-saver.
> From: Roger Tubby
> Have you evaluated using Perl/Tk? It appears to be a reasonable and
> very powerful front-end for Perl (and is portable to non-Win systems.)
Yes, I've dabbled with Tk already. I've decided not to use it because I
don't need my wizard app to be portable, and I noticed that Tk seems
slower than Win32-GUI. Also, my users don't like the Tk interface and I
want the wizard to be indistinguishable from any other Win32 GUI apps,
i.e. I get to write the app in my language of choice (viz Win32-Perl)
and the user gets an app they think is written in C/VB/C++ etc. etc.
> From: David Hiltz
> Have you evaluated using Perl/Tk?
> Maybe it's just me but I can't get perltk stuff to run with perl2exe ...
One thing that Tk has which Win32-GUI doesn't is the ability to
position (pack) controls on a form, or at least have a provisional go.
I dare say I wont be the first or last to ask this, but surely someone
has used Win32-GUI to write a graphical form designer. It took me 3
hours the other night just to get a window centred on the desktop
containing a bitmap, a label and two buttons! It such an obvious need.
As for Perl2exe, yes it would be great to stop the users stealing /
modifying my code. Only briefly experimented with Perl2Exe - the
executables produced seem a bit fat to me. Perhaps in due course I
will checkout ActiveStates reskit for their compiler.
Regards,
Ian Taite.
