Your suggestion doesn't work.
Perhaps next time, you could forgo the lecture and
instead address the question.
Thank you,
Jeremy Blonde
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> The problem is that style is not a string, it is a
> number.
>
> $style = "WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU";
> is not the same as
> $style = WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU;
>
> The first (incorrect) format is a string, the second
> is a number.
>
> This problem has nothing to do with XML, by throwing
> it in your question you
> are confusing the issue.
>
>
> Indy Singh
> IndigoSTAR Software -- www.indigostar.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeremy Blonde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 11:11 PM
> Subject: [perl-win32-gui] Using XML file for window
> layout
>
>
> > I'm trying to use an XML file to hold the
> properties
> > of the windows in my Perl script. (No major
> reason
> > for this, I just throught it would be a cool way
> to
> > learn how to use XML with Perl)
> >
> > However, it seems that if I store the window style
> in
> > a variable, and try to use the variable to set the
> > window style, no style is applied to the window
> when
> > it is created. If I hard code the window style,
> then
> > it appears correctly.
> >
> > Here is the basic layout of the XML file:
> > <windows>
> > <window type="Window Name">
> > <property type="name" value="Window
> Name"/>
> > <property type="icon" value="Icon"/>
> > <property type="version" value="Version
> Number"/>
> > <property type="modified" value="Modified
> Date"/>
> > <property type="title" value="Window
> Title"/>
> > <property type="style" value="Window
> Styles"/>
> > <property type="left" value="300"/>
> > <property type="top" value="200"/>
> > <property type="width" value="350"/>
> > <property type="height" value="250"/>
> > </window>
> > </windows>
> >
> > The value for the Window Styles would be:
> > "WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU" (or something similar).
> >
> > $WindowHandle = new GUI::DialogBox (
> > -name => $Hash{name},
> > -title => $Hash{title},
> > -style => $Hash{style}, # No style is applied
> > -style => WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU, # Works
> fine
> > -left => $Hash{left},
> > -top => $Hash{top},
> > -width => $Hash{width},
> > -height => $Hash{height},
> > );
> >
> > Is this something that just cannot be done? Or do
> I
> > need to do something differently? Does anyone
> have
> > any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> > Jeremy Blonde
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
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