[wxruby-users] wxruby, XRC, DialogBlock

[Joshua Lefkowitz]

Mario Steele wrote:
> Hello Joshua,
> 
> May I inquire as to the reasoning behind needing to use DialogBlocks? 
> Is it
> purely so that you can see instantly what is being created, or 
> reusability,
> etc, etc, etc?  I might recommend, till you get yourself comfortable 
> with
> wxRuby, that you try building frames, and user interfaces by hand, 
> through
> actual Ruby Code.  But if you absolutely need to have a User Interface
> generated by DialogBlocks, and xrcise is not working for you.... Can you
> explain what the problem is more specifically?
> 
> A lot of times, when building interfaces with XRC, you need to know what 
> you
> are doing, and how xrcise is going to translate that into Ruby code for 
> you.
> 
> L8ers,

Mario, thanks for the input.  I do need to have a GUI for my final app, 
but it doesn't have to be via DialogBlocks/XRCise.  I guess my question 
is, if I learn about GUI in say Tk, how easily will i be able to apply 
that to any of the other GUI aps--fxruby, wxruby, etc.?
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