[Glade-users] Can I hide the .xml file?

[tvb at gnome.org (Tristan Van Berkom)]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Charlie Brune <glade at bruneworld.com> wrote:
> Hello!  I'm a beginner at coding glade/gtk applications using C.
>
> My question:  Is it possible to use Glade to design an application and NOT have
> to supply my customers with the .xml file that Glade creates?
>
> I don't want my customers seeing it because I'm concerned that they'll modify
> it to alter the design of the GUI.
>
> Ideally, the xml could be in an include file.  That way, it could just be
> compiled into the program.

Sure, use a const gchar * buffer and add it with gtk_builder_add_from_string().

Juan might have a script lying around, but it should be easy for you to convert
a Glade file into a const char buffer to include statically in your code using
a sed script or even just a little bash...

Cheers,
                    -Tristan

> Thanks,
> Charlie
>
>
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