Re: XForms: Just statrted

Steve Lamont (spl@szechuan.ucsd.edu)
Sat, 31 May 97 06:57:47 PDT

To subscribers of the xforms list from spl@szechuan.ucsd.edu (Steve Lamont) :

> I can get the menu with fdesign, but do I have to code the menu items
> manually? In the documentation there is that the menu items are
> separeted with bars and in the callback routine you have to check what
> item was pressed. DO I have to do this manually? ...

Yes. It's pretty straightforward, however. The manual gives some
good examples.

> Also, is there a file selection box in xforms, or do I have to build it
> from the basic widgets? Up till now, I have not found it. (so to say, it
> might well be in the demos-directory, but haven't look thoroughly)

Read the manual. There is a set of predesigned forms called "Goodies"
and included in the goodies is a file selector box.

The manual is excellent -- one of the best manuals for an API that
I've ever seen. Read it. You will find that 99.99% of all your
questions will be answered within its pages (well, your XForms
questions, anyhow -- let's not go too overboard) or with a little
experimentation with fdesign.

spl
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