Re: Opening .glade (v2.0) file using Glade 3.22.1

[BarryB <barry bird ornithade co uk>]

On 21/04/2020 01:42, jmb wrote:
> It has been years since I used and developed a program using Glade
> ver2.0 as shown by the header of the file created then:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> <!--*- mode: xml -*-->
> <!DOCTYPE glade-interface SYSTEM "http://glade.gnome.org/glade-2.0.dtd";>
>
> However, I am unable to open it using the version I installed via
> apt-get (in Ubuntu 18.04).  Clicking on the file name after launching
> Glade does nothing. When I start glade from the command line, and click
> on the file I get:
>
> (glade:1516): GladeUI-WARNING **: 20:39:53.354: Couldnt recognize
> GtkBuilder xml, skipping /home/..../glade2project1/program.glade
>
> The last time I used Glade was in 2007, so it has been a while and my
> skills very rusty.  What I am doing wrong?  Or is Glade3 not capable of
> reading the older format?  Any help or advice would be very much
> appreciated.  Thanks!
>
> JMB

You will need to edit your Glade file. To find out what it should look 
like with Glade 3.22, use Glade to produce a simple XML file. Just 
create a UI with just, say a window, and save it.  If you look at the 
XML produced you should be able to see what the opening lines ought to 
look like for the latest Glade to open your old file. You can expect 
Glade to flag various features as now deprecated, but this should get 
you started.

If you would like to turn your Glade XML into executable C code, take a 
look at github projects https://github.com/featurespoon/GladeToC 
and GladeToCBuilderDemo.

I hope that helps,

Barry