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Hello,

The list has been really quiet lately. 

1. I was wondering if it was possible to assemble a list of projects which
use netWindows already and are publically accessible. It would be great to
be able to learn from other implementations. I haven't touched many of the
widgets just because I had no example except the test pages (which are
somewhat bare-bone).

2. I have also not done much on my own project, one reason being that I
still have to figure out how to present it to potential users. I have to do
something about the really long start-up time - maybe use a different
loading sequence, and certainly implement some "splash window" equivalent.
There were a couple of suggestions on the list how to do that, but I wonder
if anyone has done work on that already. 

I thought that maybe one could load the netwindows scripts first, then
create a progress bar widget to display while the application scripts are
being loaded. Has anyone tried something in this direction already? And
also: I still need suggestion on how to prevent Mozilla from displaying this
annoying message about the script slowing down the page.

Best,

Christian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of pd
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 6:07 AM
> To: netWindows development discussion list
> Subject: Re: [NW-Devel] List of required attributes?
> 
> 
> Hello Michael
> 
> 
> At 08:44 PM 3/11/2003 -0800, you wrote:
> >Welcome to the project pd.
> 
> Thank You!
> 
> >As far as docs go, the latest version of the docs can be found at: 
> >http://netwindows.org/docs/manual.html
> 
> Ah yes, I did find that one late last night and gave it a 
> quick looking over but there may be more in there I didn't 
> see. The main doco I was looking at was:
> 
>   /netWindows/docs/FAQ.html
> 
> in the package I downloaded.
> 
> >Most widgets have default values for required attributes.
> 
> Yes well it seems that if default (required?) attributes are 
> removed it does break.
> 
> >There's really not much that is outright 'required' for you 
> to specify 
> >in order to get things to do _somthing_ :)
> 
> True, I'm not saying that, I'm just wondering where I start 
> customising and how far I can go. You know, pushing the boundaries :)
> 
> >I'm not sure which version of netWindows you're using as you didn't 
> >mention it in your email. The docs represent what is residing in CVS 
> >head.
> 
> v0.3 downloaded from 
> http://netwindows.org/releases/netWindows_0.3.0.zip
> 
> >If you are using the the tabbed-pane widget from CVS head, I have 
> >really been meaning to revisit it but have been completely unable to 
> >find the time. I'm just about to get past the our anual user group 
> >meeting in which case I should have more time for nw hacking.
> 
> Good luck finding the time, I know what  nightmare that can be!
> 
> >The new one is driven heavily by CSS and <div> blocks.
> 
> In true Homer Simpson style: Hmmm.... CSS, divs... oh hot hot ha!
> 
> OK well the gurgling salivation sounds Homer makes don't 
> translate too well to text but I hope you get what I mean :)
> 
> >I have a couple of outstanding bugzilla entries awaiting me 
> on sf.net 
> >that might be affecting you if you're using the built in 
> themeing and 
> >the tabbed pane from cvs head.
> 
> Well I was using everything as default but from v0.3 i.e. I 
> hadn;t touched any css files wrt themeing.
> 
> >If you're using the one from the 0.3 release though I'll have to let 
> >Alex help you as I never really understood the internals of the old 
> >tabbed pane widget.
> >
> >Were you just playing around with the example in the widget 
> test pages?
> 
> Yes. This file:
> 
>   /netWindows/docs/widget_test_pages/tabbed_pane_test.html
> 
> >If so, what exactly did you do to cause things to break?
> 
> Ok well now that I come to think of it, I did remove the 
> themeing from the HTML... i.e.:
> 
> <img onclick="__theme__.setThemeByName('blue');" 
> src="../../images/blues_block.gif" width="20" height="20" 
> hspace=0 vspace=0 border="0" align="bottom" tooltip="blue 
> theme"> <img onclick="__theme__.setThemeByName('green');" 
> src="../../images/greens_block.gif" width="20" height="20" 
> hspace=0 vspace=0 border="0" align="bottom" tooltip="green 
> theme"> <img onclick="__theme__.setThemeByName('system');" 
> src="../../images/tans_block.gif" width="20" height="20" 
> hspace=0 vspace=0 border="0" align="bottom" tooltip="default theme">
> 
> I also removed the debugging window from the head section... i.e/:
> 
>                 function envInit(){
>                         create_console('<<debugging console 
> initialized>>', 0, 0, 'right', 'top', 400, 300, 100);
>                 }
> 
> and last but no least I adjusted/removed the width and height 
> attributes for one of the tags being this one:
> 
> <div nwtype="tabbed_pane" width="600" height="400">
> 
> Initially I tried percentages, then removed them altogether, 
> then blank values - all of which meant the tabs went all over 
> the place.
> 
> Hope that comes through your mail client without too much 
> wrapping or butchering.
> 
> Thanks!
> pd
> 
> 
> 
> >Cheers,
> >Michael
> >
> >pd wrote:
> >
> >>Hello
> >>Firstly, netwindows is absolutely an exceptional concept and I am 
> >>completely amazed at how deep the project seems to have gone into 
> >>implementing such an idea. However... I've just discovered 
> the API and 
> >>it's proving a tiny bit difficult to get familiar with just atm. Is 
> >>there anywhere that I can get a list of required attributes for 
> >>certain tags? This question arises because I attempted to 
> remove and 
> >>then change a simple thing like the width and height 
> attributes on the 
> >>sample tabbed pane widget and in doing that, it broke the 
> whole thing. 
> >>I've scanned the FAQ and must have missed what I'm looking for or 
> >>maybe it's not there? I understand that development time 
> for such an 
> >>intensive project must cut into documentation time however if 
> >>something could be sent my way I would very much appreciate 
> it! Thanks 
> >>pd
> >
> >
> >
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