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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