GuiBuilderNxt - Reboot [08/18/2016]

[jaberwacky]

Latest update!

1) Improved the properties window and added some options such as the ability to change the control text, size, pos, visible state, and ontop state.

2) Ever present properties window that updates in not quite exactly real time.  It updates at the end of a move or resize operation.  Good enough.  You'll see what I mean.

3) Added an option to show hidden controls.

4) Context menu is consistent as well as selecting a control and being able to remove and resize according to expectations.  This was a real bear to get finalized!

5) Laying out one group will result in a group titled "Group1".  Laying out one button will result in "Button1" rather than "Button2" as would have been done previously.

On the horizon:

1) Ability to set all of a controls states and styles from the properties window.

2) Visual hints to tell you when you're within so many pixels from the edge of the window or control.  Mimics the gui designer of Visual Basic.

3) Soon, I will focus this thread so that all updates, changes to the changelog, and additions to the roadmap are on the first post.

Without furthur adieu:

attachment=46105:GUIBuilderNxt.zip dl: 4

Edited January 30, 2015 by jaberwacky

[czardas]

Quite a project you have going here. It's very nice to play with and looks really good. I see it still needs work though.

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AutoIt Error
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Line 7074  (File "C:\Users\someone\Downloads\GUIBuilderNxt\GuiBuilderNxt.exe"):


Error: Subscript used on non-accessible variable.
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OK   
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I don't know how I did this, but I'm still very impressed. Thanks for this.

Edit

I remember I had deleted a slider control just before this error occured. I was trying to interact with what looked like some kind of positional markers which were still visible.

Edited January 30, 2015 by czardas

[jaberwacky]

Thanks for the report!  I'll try to find the source of the problem sometime in the pm. I lied. I wouldn't have been able to sleep! 

1) fixed bug report per czardas.

Edited February 2, 2015 by jaberwacky

[junkew]

Issue when dropping tab on form

1. downloaded
2. started
3. move tab to form
4. directly breaks: erro: subsctibt used on non accessible variable (line 7224) 
5. and exe stops

unable to move a spinner after its dropped on the form

menu and submenu seems to be greyed out

cannot add anything in the group (should that be possible)

[jaberwacky]

Thanks for the report!

Looks like I was too excited to add new features that I overlooked the tab control.  I should be able to issue a fix soon.

[TheSaint]

Once again, thanks!

No doubt your editing issue, is due to this topic being split off from the other one, and you not having ownership of those posts from that time, once they were relocated. Don't know if a Mod can repair that for you ... possibly not?

[jaberwacky]

TheSaint, have you had success getting the tab controls to display properly on the form?  I think Koda does it, or I suspect that it makes its own tab control that acts as a stand in for the actual AutoIt tab.

Edit: I have something displaying actually.  But it's in the top left of the desktop.  Back to the drawing board!

Edited February 2, 2015 by jaberwacky

[TheSaint]

No I haven't.

I just tried and I get a small box off to the top left from the main form.

I hadn't got around to playing with your update for a while, until just now, and I had a few issues aside from the Tab.

I notice the Properties dialog pops up when you start the program, so that you have three windows displaying, though the Properties one is half off screen to the left.

One of the things that appealed to me about the original GUIBuilder, is its minimal width screen space, so that it is barely in the way when building a large GUI. So it would be good, if having it present itself at start, was optional, and if clicking a normal size OK button each time you used it, could close it (if that is user preference). HAD A BETTER IDEA, see P.S section below.

With that in mind, I closed the Properties window, and then as needed, opened it again with the right-click option.

However, somehow the Properties window then became disabled, so I couldn't use it or even click on it to move it.

All I could do was exit the program.

A few times when clicking / selecting things, I got an error message then the program quit after clicking OK.

Keep up the good work!

P.S. It may seem I'm being fussy about minimal screen space, but that is one of the main reasons I use it instead of Koda etc, and kept it alive. Personally, I also prefer a single click for properties, rather than the new two click method involving right-click ... double-click would probably be okay though.

THEN AGAIN - If I were building the program from scratch myself, I would probably have the Choose Controls window start top left of screen, and extend the height to accommodate a properties section at the bottom ... no need then for clicking or having a third window to worry about.

[jaberwacky]

I would probably have the Choose Controls window start top left of screen, and extend the height to accommodate a properties section at the bottom ... no need then for clicking or having a third window to worry about.

I like this.  Will be in the next update!  Thanks!

[jaberwacky]

Thinking about this more.  It's my understanding that Koda is based off of GuiBuilder.  If I continue developing GuiBuilder in the direction that I wanted to take it would be in effect reinventing Koda.  I think I will abandon some of my more ambitious plans.  I will however attempt to implement the previously disabled controls.  It's really awesome that it now runs on the latest AutoIt along with the features that have been added.  I will continue to implement a template system and other things which don't take away from the scope of the original GuiBuilder which is minimal screen space, ease of use, etc.

[TheSaint]

I was hoping, and are gratified that you've come to that conclusion.

As you say, no point in re-inventing Koda ... or making it like others out there ... most of them have a lot of input from others too, so you would be on a long hard lonely road unless others jumped on board.

I think it will be pretty cool to have a powerful yet minimal GUI creator ... you could even call it that eventually.

I don't know about most others here, but I do nearly all my coding in SciTE.

The GUI side of it for me, is just the quick get up and going part, then the rest is all by hand (typing).

Anything that improves, saves time or enhances that process is great though.

[jaberwacky]

Latest update!  Please see >OP for details.

[mLipok]

There is issue with Adding Tabs.

Tabs appear in Top Left edge of screen. 

Edited February 6, 2015 by mLipok

[jaberwacky]

Yeah, I keep forgetting to disable the Tab button.  Oops.  Overlook that for now please.

[mLipok]

When I open CheckBox Properties Window , Why I can not close it with ESC key ?

 

EDIT:
Buttons in "Choose Control Type" Window are not pushed (I mean when I click them they should down, but now they are not)

Edited February 6, 2015 by mLipok

[jaberwacky]

Nice feature request.  Thanks!

Btw, if you want to help with getting tabs working, feel free to jump in there.  I'm pretty much at the limit of my knowledge on that.

[mLipok]

I have a plan, to jump in to GUIBuilderNXT, but as you probably noticed today I focus on other projects (SMTP, POP3, QUOTED-PRINTABLE).

Also run other behind the scenes, I mean related to my professional work.

[mLipok]

Is the Show Grid option should now work?

EDIT:
Click RMB on ListView control - PopUp Menu is not appear (so this control can not be deleted)

Edited February 6, 2015 by mLipok

[jaberwacky]

Is the Show Grid option should now work?

It always has for me.  It doesn't work for you?

 

Click RMB on ListView control - PopUp Menu is not appear (so this control can not be deleted)

Thanks for the report.  I will look into it.

Edit: It looks like you're using WinXP due to the GUI that I saw in your screenshot.  I don't know if this will work on Xp or not.

Edited February 6, 2015 by jaberwacky

[jaberwacky]

Another update!  See >OP for details.