Re: Building a GUI-Application

[Deekshit Mantampady <dmantamp gmail com>]

You can fixed layout (GtkFixed).
For objects if you have a very few colors, You can use pixmap (.xpm) files.

Thanks
Deekshit M

On 10/19/05, Kranz, Willi <kranz rheinmetall-de com> wrote:
> Hallo!
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> I want to build a new GUI-Application under Linux with GTK.
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> First I built an easy Application under Windows with Borland C++.
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> But because the new Application has to be more "safety", I have to
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> work with Linux.
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> The Application has to show in different colors the state of some so
> called
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> Power Drive Units (PDU). In a very easy way green means ok and red means
> not ok.
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> On a "MouseOver-Event" I have to show the state more detailed perhaps
> with an hint.
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> The arrangement of the PDUs is not easy. It is nearly like this:
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>                x                x              x                    x
> x
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>       x  x           x               x                 x
> x                    x
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> x  x
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>                                             x        x
> x
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>      x  x
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>                   x               x                          x
> x
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>                            x                      x
> x                       x
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> The coordinates are well defined and the arrangement in the application
> must have to do
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> something with the real coordinates.
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> (It was very easy to do this with Borland C++. I use a label without
> text but with a background-
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> color green or red. And I place this label on that position I want.)
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> What are the best GTK-Objects for the PDUs?
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> How can I place the Objects on any position?
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> Thanks for useful hints
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> Willi Kranz
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> eMail: kranz rheinmetall-de com
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