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Re: faster ways to make vTcl entry forms, multiple select question
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Alexander Caldwell
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Oct 09, 2007 17:36 PDT
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Jerry,
That sounds good-
I think I remember one problem with the XML that comes
out of xmlpretty.tcl in that it converted empty xml
fields into something like:
<anemptytag/>
instead of:
<anemptytag></anemptytag>
and that cause some problems somewhere, but I can't
remember if it was when trying to load the .xfdf file
or somewhere else.
I don't know of any way to select multiple entry boxes
in a Tk GUI. The listbox widget can be set up to have
multiple lines or entries selected - that's what I'm
using in the incoming faxes box but I don't think more
than one entry box can be selected or have the focus
for entering something but perhaps the vtcl guys could
program in a way that multiple boxes could be
highlighted for moving around rather than entering
data from the keyboard. I think that would in theory
be doable.
Alex
--- Jerry Park <park.-@gmail.com> wrote:
| | Alex,
A few more ideas about how to design these vTcl
entry forms very
rapidly occurred to me this morning.
First, vTcl has this feature I just discovered that
repeated places
the last widget used in a Toplevel by just holding
the shift key down
and left clicking. That saves all kinds of time to
make, say, 30+
entry boxes and labels.
I think it will work to just paste the XFDF file (as
created by
xmlpretty.tcl) directly into the "Save" button, and
then do some
manipulations from there. That would be a lot
faster than re-typing
all that code in, and much less prone to errors.
Apparently vTcl doesn't have a multiple select
feature, or at least I
can't find it. Most form design programs have a
feature to allow
selecting and manipulating multiple boxes (to move
them, delete them,
etc). Usually they work by holding down the shift
or Ctrl key (or
similar) and left clicking on multiple boxes to
select them. I wish
vTcl had this feature (maybe it does?) as it would
really speed things
up. Have you ever figured out how to do this in
vTcl?
Jerry
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