Sorry, it wasn't meant to be runnable. The rem statement should be replaced with all of the necessary wd statements (without the wd) to define the form.
On Mar 15, 2013, at 9:10 PM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
