And here's another fellow that is extremely happy that Mark had this problem, and that someone knew the answer. So while I was gone for a few weeks around Christmas, this is the best present I've gotten from the list upon my return! The only response I got when I described the same problem some months back (maybe a whole year by now) was that Aldo doesn't use W98. Clearly our collective knowledge has been increased since then! And discussions like this do help understanding, in my opinion, even if we aren't expecting fixes.
I look forward to fixing my application soon, to keep its menus working on W98 now. I'm hoping that someday we might here a bit about the new, revamped Win32::GUI, also. Mark Wilkinson wrote: > "Piske, Harald" wrote: > > > Guys ... it's Christmas :-) This group has always been a tremendous source > > for solutions. > > indeed it has! > > > I understand there is a solution to the problem that was > > posted. I fail to see the point in going back and forth about what might > > have been a better idea some time ago. > > The intent was to explore this quirky behavior in its entirety and determine > exactly *why* it behaves the way it does, so that others who look through > archives of this group will be able to identify the solution if they have > similar but non-identical problems to the one I reported. The > solution/workaround *is* straightforward, but only if you know the problem > exists, and why it works the way it does. I spent three days trying to work > out > why my code didn't function, and I want to both warn others about this > potential > pitfall, as well as understand *why* the behavior exists so that I can avoid > meeting it again in the future. As you will notice, I received a response > indicating a similar behavior with Bitmap objects in Label controls... a > non-identical situation that I can now avoid because I (and others) have been > warned... so these conversations are a good thing! > > Certainly, as an open-source developer myself, have several active mailing > lists and bug lists for my larger projects. I find these kinds of > conversations > *very* helpful as I go about improving my own products, so I am not ashamed to > hash-out problems I find with other modules.. not to be cruel, but to be > constructive and helpful to the author! I know that I put a hell of a lot of > work into my own code, and I want people to find it straightfoward and > clear... > I think all OS authors want that... > > > Happy holidays everyone > > Hope you had a nice evening in Europe, mine's yet to come > > Merry Christmas to you all! > > Mark > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Win32-GUI-Users mailing list > Perl-Win32-GUI-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perl-win32-gui-users -- Glenn ===== Due to the current economic situation, the light at the end of the tunnel will be turned off until further notice.
