GUI programming question

[Ray Parrish]

Hal Burgiss wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 02:55:46PM +0000, WipeOut wrote:
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>> I have a small project that needs a simple GUI app developped to 
>> simplify firing off complicated command lines..
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>> Whats the easiest way to do this for someone with very little 
>> programming experience??
There is another option which is the GUI programming language called 
Gambas. It's very similar to Visual Basic, and is actually a Basic 
programming language. With it, you will be able to create the form for 
your project in a what you see is what you get environment, that will 
allow you to drag and drop elements like the command buttons, and text 
boxes onto a main form that you start the project with..

Once you have the form looking the way you want it, you then put your 
code in function modules which are associated with action triggers from 
the elements you have added to your form. For instance, for a command 
button, there will be click() event that you can add code to as well as 
an onmouseout(),, and a text box will have an onchange() event or 
something close. and some other code events associated with it.

The form itself will have an onload event and an onunload event plus a 
main event to add code to. Overall it makes developing a GIU application 
very easy.

I've actually got it installed here, but I haven't gotten  around to 
using it yet. It's available in the Ubuntu repositories, so just fire up 
Synaptic and install it. 8-) You won't find an easier way to create a 
GUI program in Ubuntu.

Later, Ray Parrish

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