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An ACDK WX Sample

Shows a little sample to write GUIs with Scripting CfgScript and ACDK WX.

Content of this chapter:

   The Source
   Screenshots
     Windows
     Linux
   Sample 2, a Simple Text Editor
   Controls Sample
   Other Samples

 The Source

For demonstration I use  CfgScript, but exactly the same (just put it into .cpp, replace some '.' with '->', add some leading 'R', etc.) can also be done in native C++.

// use classes and enumerations from the acdk.wx namespace
// the package acdk_wx will be loaded automatically be the 
// ClassLoader
using acdk.wx;

// IDs for the controls and the menu commands
enum MyEvents
{
  // menu items
  Event_Quit = 1,
  Event_About,
  // ListBox id
  Event_ListBoxSelected
}

/**
  an own dialog
*/
class AboutDialog
extends Dialog
{
  Button _okButton;
  StaticText _label;
  AboutDialog(Window parent)
  {
    super(parent, -1, "About", Point.defaultPosition(), new Size(200, 200))
    // a little bit complicated layout management
    // using XML ressource for Dialog description is much easier
    setAutoLayout(true);
    LayoutConstraints layout = new LayoutConstraints();
    layout.top().sameAs(this, Top, 10);
    layout.centreX().sameAs(this, CentreX);
    layout.width().asIs();
    layout.height().asIs();
    _label = new StaticText(this, -1, "Hello");
    _label.setConstraints(layout);

    layout = new LayoutConstraints();
    layout.top().below(_label);
    layout.centreX().sameAs(this, CentreX);
    layout.width().asIs();
    layout.height().asIs();
    _okButton = new Button(this, CID_OK, "Close");
    _okButton.setConstraints(layout);
    ListBox list = new ListBox(this, Event_ListBoxSelected);
    list.appendAndEnsureVisible("First");
    list.appendAndEnsureVisible("Second");
    list.appendAndEnsureVisible("Third");
    layout = new LayoutConstraints();
    layout.top().below(_okButton);
    layout.centreX().sameAs(this, CentreX);
    layout.width().sameAs(this, Width);
    layout.width().asIs();
    layout.bottom().sameAs(this, Bottom);
    list.setConstraints(layout);
    
    // use keyword delegate to connect events with methods
    connect(CommandEvent.EvtCommandListboxSelected, Event_ListBoxSelected, delegate onListBoxSelected);
  }
  void onListBoxSelected(Event event)
  {
    Window.messageBox("ListBox selected: " + event.getString());
  }
}


class MyFrame
extends Frame
{
  MyFrame() 
  {
    Menu menuFile = new Menu();
    menuFile.append(Event_About, "&About...\tCtrl-A", "Show about dialog");
    menuFile.appendSeparator();
    menuFile.append(Event_Quit, "E&xit\tAlt-X", "Quit this program");
    MenuBar menuBar = new MenuBar();
    menuBar.append(menuFile, "&File");
    setMenuBar(menuBar);
    connect(CommandEvent.EvtCommandMenuSelected, Event_Quit, delegate onQuit);
    connect(CommandEvent.EvtCommandMenuSelected, Event_About, delegate onAbout);
    
    setTitle("Test");
  }
  void onQuit(Event event)
  {
    close(true);
  }
  void onAbout(CommandEvent event)
  {
    AboutDialog about = new AboutDialog(this);
    about.setSizeConstraint(1, 1, 300, 400);
    about.showModal();
  }
}

class MyApp
extends acdk.wx.App
{
  MyApp() {}
  bool onInit()
  {
    MyFrame win = new MyFrame();
    win.show(true);
    return true;
  }
}

StringArray args = new StringArray(0);
acdk.wx.App.createGui("MyApp", args); // run the application until MyFrame is closed

 Screenshots

 Windows

The Sample for Windows:

 Linux

Same on Linux:

 Sample 2, a Simple Text Editor



using acdk.wx;

// IDs for the controls and the menu commands
enum MyEvents
{
  // menu items
  Event_Quit = 1,
  Event_About,
  Event_FileNew,
  Event_FileOpen,
  Event_FileSave,
  Id_TextControl
}

class TextEditFrame
extends Frame
{
  TextCtrl editControl;
  TextEditFrame() 
  {
    editControl = new TextCtrl(this, Id_TextControl, "Simple Text Editor");
    MenuBar menuBar = new MenuBar();
    
    Menu menuFile = new Menu();
    menuFile.append(Event_FileNew, "New", "Creates a new file"); 
    menuFile.append(Event_FileOpen, "Open", "Open a file"); 
    menuFile.append(Event_FileSave, "Save", "Open a file"); 
    menuFile.appendSeparator();
    menuFile.append(Event_Quit, "E&xit\tAlt-X", "Quit this program");
    
    menuBar.append(menuFile, "&File");
    
    Menu helpMenu = new Menu();
    helpMenu.append(Event_About, "&About...\tCtrl-A", "Show about dialog");
    menuBar.append(helpMenu, "&Help");
    setMenuBar(menuBar);
    
    connect(CommandEvent.EvtCommandMenuSelected, Event_FileNew, delegate onNew);
    connect(CommandEvent.EvtCommandMenuSelected, Event_FileOpen, delegate onOpen);
    connect(CommandEvent.EvtCommandMenuSelected, Event_FileSave, delegate onSave);
    connect(CommandEvent.EvtCommandMenuSelected, Event_Quit, delegate onQuit);
    connect(CommandEvent.EvtCommandMenuSelected, Event_About, delegate onAbout);
    
    setTitle("Test");
  }
  void onNew(Event event)
  {
    editControl.setValue("");
    editControl.discardEdits();
  }
  void onOpen(Event event)
  {
    Dialog dlg = new FileDialog(this, message: "Open a file", 
                                      wildCard: "*.txt;*.csf",
                                      defaultDir: "",
                                      defaultFile: "",
                                      style: FDFOpen);
                                      
    if (dlg.showModal() != IdOk)
      return;
    if (true) // acdk way
    {
      editControl.setValue((new acdk.io.File(dlg.getPath())).getReader().getCharReader().readString());
    } 
    else
    {
      editControl.loadFile(dlg.getPath());
    }
  }
  void onSave(Event event)
  {
    Dialog dlg = new FileDialog(this, "Save a file", "", "", "*.txt;*.csf", FDFSave);
    if (dlg.showModal() != IdOk)
      return;
    String fname = dlg.getPath();
    if (true) // acdk way
    { 
      (new acdk.io.File(fname)).getWriter().getCharWriter().writeString(editControl.getValue());
    }
    else
    {
      editControl.saveFile(fname);
    }
  }
  void onQuit(Event event)
  {
    if (editControl.isModified() == true)
    {
       if (Window.messageBox("File unsaved. Really want to quit?", "Text Editor", MbYesNo, this) == MbNo)
        return;
    }
    close(true);
  }
  void onAbout(CommandEvent event)
  {
    Window.messageBox("Simple Text editor written with ACDK CfgScript\n By Roger Rene Kommer (http://acdk.sourceforge.net)");
  }
}

class MyApp
extends acdk.wx.App
{
  MyApp() {}
  bool onInit()
  {
    TextEditFrame win = new TextEditFrame();
    win.show(true);
    return true;
  }
}

StringArray args = new StringArray(0);
acdk.wx.App.createGui("MyApp", args); // run the application until MyFrame is closed

 Controls Sample

Run
acdk/bin/acdkcfgscript acdk_wx/cfg/csf/tests/3_controls/10_ControlsDemo.csf for a port of the wxWidgets sample of common dialog controls.

 Other Samples

Please refer into the director acdk_wx/cfg/csf/tests/* for more samples. You can also refer to  ACDK GUI Test Runner.
 
Last modified 2005-05-08 22:30 by SYSTEM By Artefaktur, Ing. Bureau Kommer