From: Ruby Student <ruby.student@...>
Date: 2009-01-24T10:44:37+09:00
Subject: Re: wxruby and the use of sizers - Help, Please!

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Alex, thank you for your quick and detailed reply.I will look at the samples
distributed with wx.

Thank you

Ruby Student

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Alex Fenton <alex@deleteme.pressure.to>wrote:

> Ruby Student wrote:
>
>  I am trying to learn wxruby and to that effect I played with the tutorial,
>> which is very limited.
>>
>
>
> Questions about wxRuby are more appropriate to the wxruby-users mailing
> list:
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wxruby-users
> OR WEB ACCESS:
> http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/36
>
> If possible, show some example code with what you've tried and you will
> find people happy to advise.
>
>
>  I am trying to draw a grid for a sudoku puzzle. I first tried using
>> GridSizer but then I did not know how to add each cell (button) to the 9x9
>> grid.
>>
>
>
> You create and add a button to a sizer with something like this:
>
> sizer = Wx::GridSizer.new(9) # 9 column
> button = Wx::Button.new(parent, :label => '3')
> sizer.add(sudoku_button)
>
>
>  Then I thought that perhaps I should use GridBagSizer for flexibility or
>> something else.
>>
>
>
> Probably not GridBagSizer. It's offered b/c it's part of the wxWidgets API,
> but there are almost always easier and simpler ways of doing the same thing,
> IMHO.
>
>
>  I need to be able to change the caption of the button, which could have a
>> number from 1 to 9, dynamically.
>>
>
>
> No problem:
>
> button.label = "4"
>
>
>  Which class should I use and where can I find examples of it uses?
>>
>
>
> You could use GridSizer + Buttons, as you have been. Simple, but it might
> look a bit strange.
>
> You could use Wx::Grid, a spreadsheet-style widget.
>
> A bit more work, but probably the most attractive solution: you could draw
> your own grid lines and numbers using a DC (Device Context).
>
> You will find examples of using all of these by looking in the samples
> distributed with the wxRuby gem / source. Look in samples/grid,
> samples/bigdemo/wxSizer and samples/drawing for help.
>
> a
>
>


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