Bill, Yes, or rather I left the ' rem form definition' line in as Norman Drinkwater had in his message.
It is now working for me I did solve my problem of gt exiting on a right click. I was anti-virus software, the Constant Guard Suite from Xfinity (my internet provider). Thanks, Tom -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bill lam Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 21:10 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Jbeta] wd interface for Qt Did you missing a pc cmd at the beginning of EXAMPLE? Пт, 15 мар 2013, Tom Arneson писал(а): > I tried your test function with the following result: > > coclass'example' > > EXAMPLE=: 0 : 0 > rem form definition > ) > > test=: 3 : 0 > wd EXAMPLE > wd'pshow' > ) > test_example_'' > |pshow : no parent selected: wd > | (wd ::(''"_)'qer') (13!:8)3 > > NB. ===================== > I tried inserting some lines into the form from the cities demo form, > but that didn't help. > Can someone tell me what I'm missing? > Thanks > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Norman > Drinkwater > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 19:21 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Jbeta] wd interface for Qt > > Although the Qt layouts make it more straightforward to generate forms > by hand, I've found it useful to add a test function to the script to > make sure I'm on the right track. That way I can separate the > initialization logic that is usually in the run function. For example: > > coclass'example' > > EXAMPLE=: 0 : 0 > rem form definition > ) > > test=: 3 : 0 > wd EXAMPLE > wd'pshow' > ) > > Running test_example_ in the terminal brings up the form and if need > be I can go back and adjust the form definition. The usual run or > create function contains all of the necessary logic to actually use the form. > > Although the above is probably obvious, once I started using this > approach, building forms was much quicker and I stopped missing the form > editor. > > On Mar 15, 2013, at 5:09 PM, chris burke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > J8 does support wd and will continue to do so. The format is similar > > but not identical to J6. > > > > We haven't bothered with the GUI design tool yet. In J6 and earlier, > > controls had exact xywh positioning which is tedious to get right > > manually, hence the need for a form editor. J8 uses Qt layouts which > > are automatic, so a form editor is not so essential. > > > > One possibility is that the output from Qt Creator could be read > > into a J8 wd form definition. But you should find that it is easy > > enough to create J8 forms manually. > > > > On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 2:45 AM, McGuinness, Brian > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> ...If J8 continues to support wd and the GUI design tool, and these > >> work on 64-bit platforms, then I will seriously consider writing > >> GUI-based applications in J once again. But I'm not interested in > >> playing a constant game of catch-up with an ever-changing platform, > >> and I'm sure most other people feel the same way. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- For information about J forums see > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm -- regards, ==================================================== GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
