Re: [DotGNU]List of SWF controls - volunteers wanted

[Mike Peters]

On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 19:01:03 +0300
Mike Peters <address@hidden> wrote:

> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 21:09:48 +1000
> From: Rhys Weatherley <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [DotGNU]List of SWF controls - volunteers wanted
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Attached is a rough list of the controls in System.Windows.Forms that
> we will 
> need to implement in the coming weeks.  "+" marks basic infrastructure
> 
> widgets that I should have working in a more or less useful fashion in
> a few 
> days.
> 
> Once the basics are there, I'm going to throw myself into TextBox and 
> RichTextBox, which are going to be the hard ones (I'm a sucker for
> punishment 
> :-) ).  But pretty much everything else is up for grabs.
> 
> Even if you aren't 100% sure, still give it a go.  A stub is worth its
> weight 
> in gold.  i.e. implement the API on a class, but leave the contents
> marked as 
> [TODO] for someone else to fill in the logic.  Find yourself a DotGNU
> buddy - 
> stub for your buddy, or fill in your buddy's stub.
> 
> Some controls (e.g. DataGrid and TreeView) have a bunch of helper
> classes 
> which don't do any GUI work - just shift data around.  Those should be
> pretty 
> easy.
> 
> See "pnetlib/System.Windows.Forms/HACKING" for more info.  Also,
> download the 
> Wine code and have a look at how they handle events, drawing, etc, for
> your 
> chosen control and then copy that.

I've bagged scrollbars :)

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