fxruby users - Jun 2007 - adding text to a running FXApp

On 5/29/07, Tom <tl2001 at pacbell.net> wrote:
> I am trying to write my first Ruby FX App.
> I have modified the Babel example to so what I want.
> I can append the text in the bottom window by pushing
> the button. My app downloads data from a server and
> need to do many calculation on it and then display the
> results.
> I was hoping you can show me how to do this operation.
> Remember the data can come at any time so it
> needs to be asyncronous of any event.
> Here''s the modified babel program.
>
> The Thread didn''t work as expected!
Sorry for the delayed response, this one slipped through the cracks.

Once you call FXApp#run, the application enters the event loop
(waiting for events) and doesn''t return until the application exits.
So in your example, the thread doesn''t even get created until the
application is done and returns from run().

Take a look at the groupbox.rb example program in the FXRuby
distribution; that one creates a thread and it should give you a frame
of reference for how to get it working in your program.

Hope this helps,

Lyle

On 6/6/07, Tom <tl2001 at pacbell.net> wrote:
> Does this mean if I pass the app variable into the new
> Thread, I could get access to all functions and vars
> in this new FXWindow class?
In *what* new FXWindow class? I don''t understand the question.
> Also, I don''t see app.enableThreads being used, when is this
function
> call out or used?
FXRuby''s support for cooperating with Ruby threads is enabled by
default, so you don''t have to explicitly call enableThreads() unless
you''ve previously called disableThreads().