NAME
Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory - Makes building complex GUI's easy
SYNOPSIS
#-- Refer to
http://www.exit1.org/ for
#-- a comprehensive online documentation.
#-- Read Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory::Intro
use Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory;
my $context = Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory::Context->new;
$context->add_object (
name => "worksheet",
object => My::Worksheet->new,
);
# derived from Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory::Layout
my $layouter = My::Layout->new;
# derived from Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory::Rules
my $rule_checker = My::Rules->new;
my $ff = Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory->new (
context => $context,
layouter => $layouter,
rule_checker => $rule_checker,
content => [
Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory::Window->new (
title => "Worksheet Editor",
content => [
Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory::Form->new (
title => "Main data",
content => [
Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory::Entry->new (
label => "Worksheet title",
attr => "worksheet.title",
tip => "Title of this worksheet",
),
#-- More widgets...
],
),
Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory->DialogButtons->new,
],
),
],
);
$ff->open;
$ff->update;
Gtk2->main;
ABSTRACT
With Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory you can build a GUI which consistently
represents the data of your application.
DESCRIPTION
This is a framework which tries to make building complex GUI's easy, by
offering these two main features:
* Consistent looking GUI without the need to code resp. tune
each widget by hand. Instead you declare the structure of your
GUI, connect it to the data of your program (which should be
a well defined set of objects) and control how this structure
is transformed into a specific layout in a very generic way.
* Automatically keep widget and object states in sync (in both
directions), even with complex data structures with a lot of
internal dependencies, object nesting etc.
This manpage describes the facilities of Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory objects
which are only a small part of the whole framework. To get a full
introduction and overview of how this framework works refer to
Gtk2::Ex::FormFactory::Intro.
AUTHORS
J�rn Reder <joern at zyn dot de>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2004-2006 by J�rn Reder.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
USA.
