Re: outstream question [i think]

[Chris Vine <chris cvine freeserve co uk>]

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:16:25 -0400
"Boggess Rod" <rboggess corefurnace com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > The intent is to have the results go to the gui (as opposed 
> > to the console).
> >
> >
> > mysql> show columns from customers;
> > +------------+----------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
> > | Field      | Type     | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
> > +------------+----------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
> > | vend_id    | int(11)  | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
> > | cust_lname | char(50) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
> > | cust_fname | char(50) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
> > | cust_phone | char(50) | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
> > +------------+----------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
> Is this your first experience developing in a GUI environment?  I
> thought the same thing, way back when I first started.  However, it
> just doesn't work that way.  In every graphical environment I've
> worked in (several), all of the text - all of the output - is managed
> by placement of strings onto or into some type of display widget.
>
> Instead, what you'll need to do is grab the data one cell at a time,
> convert it into a formatted string, and assign the string to a
> displayable widget: a label, entry box, drop-down list, spin button,
> etc.
>
> Various development tools exist to automate this task to various
> degrees, but the end result is always the same.  There is no widget
> I've ever seen that can accept a stream of text for display.  And I
> believe the closest you'll get to something like that, is to direct
> that stream into a memory or string stream, and display the text in
> text-box type display element.

It may be that at GtkListStore object with a GtkTreeView is what would
suit the OP best.

Chris