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Hey everyone,

 

I wouldn't mind contributing to the website with tutorials, code samples, documentation, etc. whenever I have some spare time.

 

Kevin.
 


Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:59:49 -0600
From: ste...@sh...
To: per...@li...
Subject: [perl-win32-gui-users] Win32 Gui Web site

Hi All,

I have been talking with Rob May about taking on the administration a web site for the Win32::Gui project. The current wiki no longer allows editing because of problems with spam, and the lack of time to get everything fixed.

I have been digging around and familiarizing myself with the offerings at sourceforge to see what might make a good base for the community. Sourceforge offers two interesting possibilities:
1. MediWiki Originally written for Wikipedia this is an excellent wiki product.
2. phpWebsite PhpWebsite is a content management system that allows the development of a full-featured web site, including (in the latest release) a wiki, blogging, and many other community-building features.

Personally I lean toward phpWebsite. I'd like to hear from people what they would like to see on a win32::Gui website/wiki, how many would be willing to contribute content, assist with site managment and maintenance, and so on.

Please reply to the list with your thoughts, comments and suggestions. 

Regards,

Steve


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merryxmas wrote:
> hi
> i suggest the scheme of questions and answers; such as:
> 
> 1- how to display a message box
>    answer: a complete small example with notes.
> 2- how to write text on a text box
> 3- how to retrieve text from a text box
> 4- how to color a word in a rich text box
> 5- how to retrieve the index of an item in a ListBox
> 6- how to use the trackbar, and the scrollbars
> 7- how to plot a pixel, a Line, ... , on a form or a picture box.

I think that's a good idea. People can propose questions to a 
coordinator, and a volunteer can answer the question, including code 
samples.

Of course, we could probably also harvest a bunch of the most frequently 
asked questions from the mailing list to start with.

I agree that an answer should, whenever possible, be a complete working 
example. (Preferably one that is as small as possible while still 
completely answering the question).

> and up to 1001 questions or more, with full answers, and notes.
> with sections for the totally beginners.

I would suggest a from-the-ground-up tutorial. The documentation doesn't 
provide much help there. When I was first learning, I had to spend hours 
looking through the source code and researching on MSDN to figure out 
how things work.

(I have not looked at the current wiki - perhaps it has already 
addressed this concern.)

Also, since wiki-spam has apparently been a problem in the past, I would 
recommend requiring registration to edit the wiki. I know that some 
wikis provide that option, although I don't know whether MediaWiki does 
so, since it was designed for the anybody-can-edit approach of Wikipedia.

If we do require registration to edit the wiki, we'll need a question 
submission form for those without editor rights.

Anyway, I am willing to provide some answers. I am a student with a 
heavy schedule this semester, but I'll do what I can. Exams will be in 
mid-January, and after that the next semester is supposed to be lighter 
on classes (although I'll have a major project I'll be working on from 
home).

hi
i suggest the scheme of questions and answers; such as:

1- how to display a message box
   answer: a complete small example with notes.
2- how to write text on a text box
3- how to retrieve text from a text box
4- how to color a word in a rich text box
5- how to retrieve the index of an item in a ListBox
6- how to use the trackbar, and the scrollbars
7- how to plot a pixel, a Line, ... , on a form or a picture box.
and up to 1001 questions or more, with full answers, and notes.
with sections for the totally beginners.
and most important is to promote the site; as an example to post a message
to the famous www.perlmonks.com  forum about the new site.
a long term patience needed for such a project, and to focus on the new
comers to perl language from windows environment and the future beginers; to
show them that perl can be used in a fun projects in a million ways, and not
only for the administration of servers.
you may look at the yahoo groups, a good example and prototype is the the
site of BCX basic language http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bcx/  wich is
still active from year 2000, only the members can post messages, from inside
the forum, and there are the ability to store files and programs; example of
the forum messages section from year 2000:
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/6633/bcxa.jpg
the files section:
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/5292/filesi.jpg
this is just a suggestion, to look at.
there is also the google groups.






Steve Bondy wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I have been talking with Rob May about taking on the administration a web
> site for the Win32::Gui project. The current wiki no longer allows editing
> because of problems with spam, and the lack of time to get everything
> fixed.
> 
> I have been digging around and familiarizing myself with the offerings at
> sourceforge to see what might make a good base for the community.
> Sourceforge offers two interesting possibilities:
> 1. MediWiki Originally written for Wikipedia this is an excellent wiki
> product.
> 2. phpWebsite PhpWebsite is a content management system that allows the
> development of a full-featured web site, including (in the latest release)
> a wiki, blogging, and many other community-building features.
> 
> Personally I lean toward phpWebsite. I'd like to hear from people what
> they would like to see on a win32::Gui website/wiki, how many would be
> willing to contribute content, assist with site managment and maintenance,
> and so on.
> 
> Please reply to the list with your thoughts, comments and suggestions. 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> Steve Bondy
> http://stevebondy.ca
> 
> 
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Hi All,

I have been talking with Rob May about taking on the administration a web site for the Win32::Gui project. The current wiki no longer allows editing because of problems with spam, and the lack of time to get everything fixed.

I have been digging around and familiarizing myself with the offerings at sourceforge to see what might make a good base for the community. Sourceforge offers two interesting possibilities:
1. MediWiki Originally written for Wikipedia this is an excellent wiki product.
2. phpWebsite PhpWebsite is a content management system that allows the development of a full-featured web site, including (in the latest release) a wiki, blogging, and many other community-building features.

Personally I lean toward phpWebsite. I'd like to hear from people what they would like to see on a win32::Gui website/wiki, how many would be willing to contribute content, assist with site managment and maintenance, and so on.

Please reply to the list with your thoughts, comments and suggestions. 

Regards,

Steve


Steve Bondy
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John,

 

It is possible to capture keyboard input by using the -onKeyDown or -onKeyUp events. Here is an example:

 

my $winMain = Win32::GUI::Window->new(

 -name => 'winMain',

 -text => 'Keyboard Capture',

 -size => [320,240],

 -onKeyDown => sub {

  my($self, $flags, $key) = @_;

   #do processing here

  return 1;

 },

);

 

__END__

 

The $key param contains the virtual key code, and the $flags param contains flags for the event, such as repeat count. See the Microsoft SDK docs for more information.

 

One problem is that the window will only report key press events when it has focus. This means that if any of the controls in the window have focus, the keypress events won't trigger. An alternative is to use one of the GetAsyncKeyState / GetKeyboardState / GetKeyState methods instead to poll the keyboard when you need input, such as every timer event.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Kevin.
 
> From: jo...@jo...
> To: per...@li...
> Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:25:52 -0700
> Subject: [perl-win32-gui-users] How to capture keyboard key presses
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have a timer application that uses Win32::GUI, version 1.06, and all works
> quite nicely.
> 
> I would like add a capability so that my $window_main can capture keyboard
> events when certain keys are pressed, for example space bar (\x20), esc
> (\x1b) if possible, enter (\x0d), or one of the keyboard function keys (F1 -
> F12). Users want to be able to start and stop my timer using the space bar
> for example. Is this possible? My $window_main has no input text fields,
> just images and Hyperlinks.
> 
> John
> jo...@jo...
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hello
i have discovered that there is a wiki for win32gui, 
http://perl-win32-gui.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi
but have found that there is only 4 code examples there. so i hope the users to post more examples, if you think you are professional and can't post simple examples think of it as teaching the beginners who are new to the subject , on the other hand if you think that your code is silly, someone there may benefit from it and find it usefull. yes there are many examples in the win32gui package, but still there are unlimited variations and tricks in the horizon. there are many good codes in the forum; and extracting and organizing it then posting it to the wiki is a good choice. indeed i wish some professional may author an Ebook called "Perl Win32Gui step by step" or "perl win32gui for dummies" and so on.
please fill the wiki with your code, and tutorials.
best wishes for all
george



      

Hello,

I have a timer application that uses Win32::GUI, version 1.06, and all works
quite nicely.

I would like add a capability so that my $window_main can capture keyboard
events when certain keys are pressed, for example space bar (\x20), esc
(\x1b) if possible, enter (\x0d), or one of the keyboard function keys (F1 -
F12).  Users want to be able to start and stop my timer using the space bar
for example.  Is this possible?  My $window_main has no input text fields,
just images and Hyperlinks.

John
jo...@jo...
801 815 9265