fxruby users - Jun 2009 - Beginner Q: can't get window to show in response to button press

I''m trying to get text on to the screen in response to pressing a
button.  My puts command says that the window is shown, but it''s not
displayed.

require ''fox16''
include Fox

class Lookup < FXMainWindow
  def initialize(app)
    super(app, "Lookup window", :width=>400, :height=>600,:opts
=> DECOR_ALL|LAYOUT_FILL_X|LAYOUT_FILL_Y)
    bframe = FXHorizontalFrame.new(self, :opts => LAYOUT_FILL_X)
    hearButton = FXButton.new(bframe, "Do you hear me?")
    yesWindow = FXHorizontalFrame.new(self, :opts =>
FRAME_GROOVE|LAYOUT_FILL_X)
    yesLabel = FXLabel.new(yesWindow,"Yes")
    yesWindow.hide
    puts "window shown? " + yesWindow.shown?.to_s #returns false
    hearButton.connect(SEL_COMMAND) do |sender,sel, data|
      yesWindow.show #NOT DISPLAYED. WHY?
      puts "pushed hear button"
      puts "window shown?" + yesWindow.shown?.to_s # returns true
    end
  end

  def create
    super
    show(PLACEMENT_SCREEN)
  end

end

if __FILE__ == $0
  FXApp.new do |app|
    Lookup.new(app)
    app.create
    app.run
  end
end

Sorry for the repost, I realized my title on the last one was not helpful.

On Jun 24, 2009, at 1:22 AM, Marlene Phillips wrote:
> I''m trying to get text on to the screen in response to pressing a
> button.  My puts command says that the window is shown, but it''s
not
> displayed.
The problem is that merely calling show() on a widget (in this case,  
the horizontal frame "yesWindow") doesn''t mark the parent
window''s
layout as dirty, and so it doesn''t know that it needs to repaint its  
contents. The easiest way to fix this is to just add a call to  
recalc() after the call to show(), e.g.

	hearButton.connect(SEL_COMMAND) do
		yesWindow.show
		yesWindow.recalc
	end

This topic is discussed in detail in Chapter 7 of the FXRuby book.

Hope this helps,

Lyle

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Lyle,  Thanks for both the help and the explanation of what''s
happening.
I''m learning to do GUI programming just from your book,
which I''m really appreciating. It''s so full of information,
though, that
I often feel a bit like I''m trying to take a sip from a fire hose!

Marlene