Re: [Gambas-user] [Gambas-devel] Creating a Control

2014-09-10 Thread Tobias Boege
On Wed, 10 Sep 2014, John Leake wrote: > Hi Tobias, > > Thank you for your response. > > I am simply trying to improve the user experience while I can still see > things from a newbies perspective. > > Not all users find writing code fun. Many have a problem to solve or > wish to make boring or

Re: [Gambas-user] [Gambas-devel] Creating a Control

2014-09-09 Thread Tobias Boege
On Tue, 09 Sep 2014, John Leake wrote: > So to elaborate: If a user wishes to create a new type of control then > it is highly likely that the control will be based on existing controls. > So as an example, if the new control contains a ToggleButton and the > way that ToggleButton is used in the n

Re: [Gambas-user] [Gambas-devel] Creating a Control

2014-09-08 Thread Tobias Boege
On Mon, 08 Sep 2014, John Leake wrote: > Hi Tobi, > > Thank you for the response. Please do not forget I am a complete newbie > to Gambas and just trying to get bye following the docs without > bothering anyone. > Yes, I lose focus of such information while writing. Sorry. > >> Start > >> -

Re: [Gambas-user] [Gambas-devel] Creating a Control

2014-09-08 Thread Tobias Boege
On Mon, 08 Sep 2014, John Leake wrote: > Hi All, > > Many thanks for your responses. I am posting this in the devel list > because I am prepared to spend the time improving the IDE. > Yes, but you only see 3 - 4 people regularly on gambas-devel (and mainly through gambas-devel-svn when they do

Re: [Gambas-user] [Gambas-devel] Creating a Control

2014-09-07 Thread Tobias Boege
On Sun, 07 Sep 2014, John Leake wrote: > Hi All, > I am struggling to understand how to create a new control. > > Please forgive me, I have read the help on this but I am none the wiser. > > As a test I just want to create a control that behaves like a > ToggleButton but changes colour each tim