wxruby users - Mar 2009 - a very simple wxRuby loading a xrc file

Greetings,
  I am trying to get a very simple .xrc file to load with no
interaction. This does run, but it will not exit cleanly. Can someone
please help me? I have been making progress, but I just cannot seem to
get that last bit. I am very new to wxruby.

Thanks,
Zignus

samples.xrc

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<resource version="2.3.0.1"
xmlns="http://www.wxwidgets.org/wxxrc">
    <object class="wxDialog" name="SAMPLE_DIALOG">
        <style>wxCAPTION|wxRESIZE_BORDER|wxSYSTEM_MENU</style>
        <size>400,300</size>
        <title>Sample</title>
        <centered>1</centered>
        <object class="wxBoxSizer">
            <orient>wxHORIZONTAL</orient>
            <object class="sizeritem">
                <flag>wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL|wxALL</flag>
                <border>5</border>
                <object class="wxBoxSizer">
                    <orient>wxVERTICAL</orient>
                    <object class="sizeritem">
                        <flag>wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL|wxALL</flag>
                        <border>5</border>
                        <object class="wxButton"
name="wxID_OK">
                            <label>Ok</label>
                        </object>
                    </object>
                    <object class="sizeritem">
                        <flag>wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL|wxALL</flag>
                        <border>5</border>
                        <object class="wxButton"
name="wxID_CANCEL">
                            <label>Cancel</label>
                        </object>
                    </object>
                    <object class="sizeritem">
                        <flag>wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL|wxALL</flag>
                        <border>5</border>
                        <object class="wxButton"
name="SAMPLE_MESSAGE">
                            <label>Message...</label>
                        </object>
                    </object>
                    <object class="sizeritem">
                        <flag>wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL|wxALL</flag>
                        <border>5</border>
                        <object class="wxStaticText"
name="wxID_STATIC">
                            <label>zignus was here</label>
                        </object>
                    </object>
                </object>
            </object>
        </object>
    </object>
</resource>

zignus.sample.rbw

require ''wxruby''
#
# Application class.
#
class XrcApp < Wx::App

  def on_init
    Wx::init_all_image_handlers()   # Initializes handlers for all
supported controls/windows. In wxRuby versions 1.9.6 and later, this is
called automatically for you, so there is no need to call this method
    xml = Wx::XmlResource.get()   #Loads resources from the XML file
file. If this file does not exist, or contains invalid XML, an exception
will be raised; if successful, the loaded file name will be returneed.
    xml.init_all_handlers()   #Initializes handlers for all supported
controls/windows. In wxRuby versions 1.9.6 and later, this is called
automatically for you, so there is no need to call this method
    xml.load("samples.xrc")    #Loads resources from the XML file
file.
If this file does not exist, or contains invalid XML, an exception will
be raised; if successful, the loaded file name will be returneed.
    #
    # Show the main frame.
    #
        frame = Wx::Frame.new(nil, -1, "Sample" )  #create the window
        frame.set_client_size(Wx::Size.new(200,200)) #sets the size of
the window
        #sizer = Wx::BoxSizer.new(Wx::VERTICAL)
        xml.load_dialog_subclass(frame, nil, ''SAMPLE_DIALOG'')
#loads in
the .xrc into the window! Yea!!
        #frame.set_sizer(sizer)
        frame.show()
  end

end

=begin
=end

XrcApp.new().main_loop()    #Create a new object with no name from
''XrcApp'' class and places in a loop.
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I figured some things out.
You should use at the top of your Ruby code:
require ''wxruby''
include Wx

Here is my code that works:

require ''wxruby''
include Wx
# Application class.
#
class XrcApp < Wx::App

  def on_init
    Wx::init_all_image_handlers()
    xml = Wx::XmlResource.get()
    xml.init_all_handlers()
    xml.load("SimplePanel.xrc")
    #
    # Show the main frame.
    #
        frame = Wx::Frame.new( nil, -1, ''Simple'' )
        frame.set_client_size( Wx::Size.new( 200, 200))
        xml.load_panel( frame, ''ID_WXPANEL'')
        frame.show()
  end

end

XrcApp.new().main_loop()

and I created new .xrc file to go with it.
SimplePanel.xrc

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<resource version="2.3.0.1"
xmlns="http://www.wxwidgets.org/wxxrc">
    <object class="wxPanel" name="ID_WXPANEL">
        <style>wxTAB_TRAVERSAL</style>
        <title>Simple</title>
        <centered>1</centered>
        <object class="wxBoxSizer">
            <orient>wxVERTICAL</orient>
            <object class="sizeritem">
                <flag>wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL|wxALL</flag>
                <border>5</border>
                <object class="wxStaticText"
name="wxID_STATIC">
                    <label>Static text</label>
                </object>
            </object>
            <object class="sizeritem">
                <flag>wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL|wxALL</flag>
                <border>5</border>
                <object class="wxStaticText"
name="wxID_STATIC">
                    <label>Static text</label>
                </object>
            </object>
            <object class="sizeritem">
                <flag>wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL|wxALL</flag>
                <border>5</border>
                <object class="wxStaticText"
name="wxID_STATIC">
                    <label>Static text</label>
                </object>
            </object>
            <object class="sizeritem">
                <flag>wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL|wxALL</flag>
                <border>5</border>
                <object class="wxStaticText"
name="wxID_STATIC">
                    <label>Static text</label>
                </object>
            </object>
        </object>
    </object>
</resource>



There it is.

Thanks,
Zignus
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Zignus Arcanniss wrote:
> I figured some things out.
> You should use at the top of your Ruby code:
> require ''wxruby''
What version of wxRuby are you using? require ''wxruby'' was
used for the
very old version 0.6.0. I strongly recommend that you use version 2.0.0. 
The old version is very buggy, has lots of missing features etc.

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