How to create standl alones applications with Ruby

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Hi all

In .NET, Eclipse/SWT, Interface Builder (mac os X) it is possible to
create a new form, and use drag/drop controls such as textboxes,
comboboxes, lists, datagrids, etc. And Also create reports in a similar
way, for example with Crystal Reports.

What tools are available with Ruby to create stand alone application
using forms and reports, where I can drag and drop controls.

thanks
jsn

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You can use Glade which is a visual designer for GTK/Gnome
applications. The Ruby/Gnome2 bindings can then use the glade file to
build up your app GUI.

Farrel

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On 24/07/06, Jose Pepe <jsnit@jsnit.com> wrote:

Hi all

In .NET, Eclipse/SWT, Interface Builder (mac os X) it is possible to
create a new form, and use drag/drop controls such as textboxes,
comboboxes, lists, datagrids, etc. And Also create reports in a similar
way, for example with Crystal Reports.

What tools are available with Ruby to create stand alone application
using forms and reports, where I can drag and drop controls.

thanks
jsn

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And don't forget about the Qt Designer for Qt/KDE applications.

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On 7/24/06, Farrel Lifson <farrel.lifson@gmail.com> wrote:

On 24/07/06, Jose Pepe <jsnit@jsnit.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> In .NET, Eclipse/SWT, Interface Builder (mac os X) it is possible to
> create a new form, and use drag/drop controls such as textboxes,
> comboboxes, lists, datagrids, etc. And Also create reports in a similar
> way, for example with Crystal Reports.
>
> What tools are available with Ruby to create stand alone application
> using forms and reports, where I can drag and drop controls.
>
> thanks
> jsn

You can use Glade which is a visual designer for GTK/Gnome
applications. The Ruby/Gnome2 bindings can then use the glade file to
build up your app GUI.

Farrel

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Matt

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Is it possible to combine for example a SWT Eclipse form in java, and
Ruby?

thanks
jsn

Matthew Harris wrote:

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And don't forget about the Qt Designer for Qt/KDE applications.

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I haven't messed around with this but using JRuby I'd think so. Could use
SWT/Eclipse framework for interface and Ruby for back end processing.

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On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 01:57:14AM +0900, Jose Pepe wrote:

Is it possible to combine for example a SWT Eclipse form in java, and
Ruby?

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JRuby has some examples using swing; I don't know if anyone has tried
using SWT yet.

RubyCLR can use Windows.Forms.

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On 7/24/06, Jose Pepe <jsnit@jsnit.com> wrote:

Is it possible to combine for example a SWT Eclipse form in java, and
Ruby?

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JRuby ought to work fine with any basic Java component library. We have
examples for Swing in the distro, but basically whatever code you'd use to
call Java you can translate directly to Ruby.

require 'java'
include_class "javax.swing.JFrame"
include_class "javax.swing.JButton"

f = JFrame.new("my frame")
b = JButton.new("my button")

f.content_pane.add(b)
f.pack
f.show

It's pretty simple, and actually makes Swing pretty entertaining to use. It
should work just as well with SWT.

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On 7/24/06, brabuhr@gmail.com <brabuhr@gmail.com> wrote:

On 7/24/06, Jose Pepe <jsnit@jsnit.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to combine for example a SWT Eclipse form in java, and
> Ruby?

JRuby has some examples using swing; I don't know if anyone has tried
using SWT yet.

RubyCLR can use Windows.Forms.

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