Re: Form manager

[Jaap Karssenberg <j g karssenberg student utwente nl>]

Jörn Reder wrote:

> That's very similar to what Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory does. You can take a 
> look at the documentation here:
>
>  http://www.exit1.org/Gtk2-Ex-FormFactory/
>
> Basic principle is to declare the data model resp. the objects of your 
> application, build your dialogs out of several widgets and bind the 
> object's attributes to these widgets. All changes made to the widgets 
> are passed to the underlying objects, and vice versa you can update the
> GUI by a single method call to be in sync with your data. Additionally 
> it manages sensivity of widgets, automatically updates dependent widgets
> and much more.
>  
... 8< ...

I looked at that module before and I got the feeling that it is intended 
as an alternative interface for the Gtk2 widgets. You still need to 
design a layout in terms of the widgets from the Gtk2 namespace and it 
looks like it is intended to design the complete interface instead of 
just a form (I'm thinking of a "form" in terms of something like a "form 
element in a webpage).

What I'm looking for is not an alternative way of writing my 
application, it's fine with me to deal directly with the Gtk2 objects - 
I just want to have an abstraction layer for my hash with preferences. 
It's not clear to me how Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory is similar to the module 
I intend to write.

I do not mean to start a flame about this, but correct me if I'm wrong.

-- Jaap <pardus cpan>