Building a GUI-Application

["Kranz, Willi" <kranz rheinmetall-de com>]

Hallo!

 

I want to build a new GUI-Application under Linux with GTK.

First I built an easy Application under Windows with Borland C++.

But because the new Application has to be more "safety", I have to

work with Linux.

 

The Application has to show in different colors the state of some so
called

Power Drive Units (PDU). In a very easy way green means ok and red means
not ok.

On a "MouseOver-Event" I have to show the state more detailed perhaps
with an hint.

 

The arrangement of the PDUs is not easy. It is nearly like this:

 

 

               x                x              x                    x
x

      x  x           x               x                 x
x                    x

x  x

                                            x        x
x

     x  x 

                  x               x                          x
x

                           x                      x
x                       x

 

The coordinates are well defined and the arrangement in the application
must have to do

something with the real coordinates.

(It was very easy to do this with Borland C++. I use a label without
text but with a background-

color green or red. And I place this label on that position I want.)

 

What are the best GTK-Objects for the PDUs?

How can I place the Objects on any position?

 

Thanks for useful hints

 

Willi Kranz

 

eMail: kranz rheinmetall-de com