DUI Beta Release! -- Need Testers

no-reply@allegro.cc (ImLeftFooted) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:19:09 +0000

Hello! Below is the release of my XML to GUI project. It uses Allegro 4.2 so you must have that installed to continue. The project ofcourse has a click and drag style GUI editor.

I need you (the reader) to download, compile and test the code base. Post the debug output of the example program along with your bug report here.

~~DOWNLOAD NOW RC 1~~
DOWNLOAD NOW RC 2.

Also vote for my project on sourceforge.

For the tech savvy, Here is a bunch of example code and screenshots:

<clear/>
<ctext dp="Hello World" x=400 y=300/>

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  1#include 
  2#include 
  3#include 
  4#include 
  5using namespace std;
  6
  7int main(int, char**)
  8{
  9    allegro_init();
 10    install_keyboard();
 11    install_mouse();
 12    set_color_depth(desktop_color_depth());
 13    set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTODETECT_WINDOWED, 800, 600, 0, 0);
 14    enable_hardware_cursor();
 15    show_mouse(screen);
 16    
 17    Dialog d("exbasic.dui");
 18    
 19    d.doDialog();
 20    
 21    return 0;
 22}
 23END_OF_MAIN()

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  1<prefs theme="Win95"/>
  2<agup_clear/>
  3
  4<agup_window dp="Activation Wizard" x=0 y=0 w=800 h=600/>
  5
  6<agup_rtext dp="Street Address:" x=390 y=130/>
  7<edit id="street" focus=1 h="45" w="300" x="400" y="130"
  8onchange="useCur();setCurAttr(dp);attrToReg(0)"/>
  9
 10<agup_button dp="Generate Code" h=45 w=300 x=400 y=230
 11onchange="
 12    reload();
 13    updateCode(0, computerCode);
 14    useLookup();
 15    setlKey(id);
 16    setlVal(street);
 17    setCurAttr(focus);
 18    setAttr(0);
 19    setlVal(code);
 20    setCurAttr(focus);
 21    setAttr(1);
 22"/>
 23
 24<agup_rtext id="helpText" dp="Your Computer Code:" x=390 y=330/>
 25<agup_textbox id="computerCode" h="45" w="300" x="400" y="330"/>
 26
 27<agup_rtext dp="Enter Activation Code:" x=390 y=430/>
 28<edit id="code" h=45 w=300 x=400 y=430
 29onchange="useCur();setCurAttr(dp);attrToReg(1)"/>
 30
 31<agup_button dp="Quit" flags="EXIT" h="80" key="" w="150" x="200" y="500"/>
 32<agup_button dp="Confirm" h="80" key="" w="150" x="450" y="500"
 33onchange="activate(0, 1)"/>

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  1#include 
  2#include 
  3#include 
  4#include 
  5using namespace std;
  6using namespace Xml;
  7
  8int activate(Dialog::CallbackData cd)
  9{
 10    /* .. code removed .. */
 11    
 12    return D_O_K;
 13}
 14
 15int updateCode(Dialog::CallbackData cd)
 16{
 17    int reg = 0;
 18    string id = cd.parameters[1];
 19    
 20    istringstream(cd.parameters[0]) >> reg;
 21    
 22    string address = Dialog::registry(reg);
 23    
 24    Dialog *d = Dialog::getActiveDialog();
 25    
 26    string code = /* .. code removed .. */
 27    
 28    Xml::find(d->xmlCache, "id", id)[0]->attr["dp"].str = code;
 29    
 30    return D_O_K;
 31}
 32
 33int main(int argc, char **argv)
 34{
 35    (void)argc;
 36    (void)argv;
 37    
 38    allegro_init();
 39    install_mouse();
 40    install_keyboard();
 41    set_color_depth(desktop_color_depth());
 42    set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTODETECT_WINDOWED, 800, 600, 0, 0);
 43    enable_hardware_cursor();
 44    show_mouse(screen);
 45    
 46    FONT *oldFont = font;
 47    font = load_font ("verdena.pcx", NULL, NULL);
 48    
 49    Dialog d("duis/activate.dui");
 50    
 51    d.setCallback("activate", activate);
 52    d.setCallback("updateCode", updateCode);
 53    
 54    d.doDialog();
 55    
 56    destroy_font(font);
 57    font = oldFont;
 58    
 59    return 0;
 60}
 61END_OF_MAIN()

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no-reply@allegro.cc (Audric) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:25:20 +0000

gcc version 4.3.3 (4.3.3-tdm-1 mingw32)
Compiles fine for the C part, but in C++ I get:

g++ -Iinclude -Iinclude/dui -DALLEGRO_STATICLINK -W -Wall -Wno-unused-function -O2 -s -o obj/release/dialog.o -c src/dialog.cpp
src/dialog.cpp: In member function 'MENU* Dialog::loadMenu(XmlNodes&, bool)':
src/dialog.cpp:576: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char *'
src/dialog.cpp:592: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char *'
src/dialog.cpp: In function 'SpecialCallbackFuncsparseSpecialCallbackFunc(const
 std::string&)':
src/dialog.cpp:1202: error: 'transform' was not declared in this scope
src/dialog.cpp: In function 'char* helpListCallback(int, int*)':
src/dialog.cpp:1212: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
MINGW3~1.EXE: *** [obj/release/dialog.o] Error 1

Probably my C++ headers are too old to recognize this STL. I never compile C++ usually.

After commenting out the trimming, all compiles fine including the examples.
exbasic is ... basic, and the editor seems to work though a lot of controls seem unimplemented.

no-reply@allegro.cc (ImLeftFooted) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:35:32 +0000

They're nearly all implemented (even complex ones like text_list and menu). It's the editor that is buggy.

Thanks for the report

edit For example: The editor is written in DUI code!

edit Those compiler errors should be fixed. Let me know if RC 2 compiles for you. RC 2 also fixes a bunch of bugs. The XML format can do all allegro widgets and most agup widgets. The editor can do the same minus text_list and menu.

no-reply@allegro.cc (Audric) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:46:05 +0000

RC2 compiles without warnings, and runs fine.

no-reply@allegro.cc (Ron Novy) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:44:26 +0000

Time to get me a DUI...

Oh wait... It's a User Interface...

Looks good...

no-reply@allegro.cc (BAF) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:10:44 +0000

Dustin Dettmer said:

The project ofcourse has a click and drag style GUI editor.

You mean a WYSIWYG GUI editor?

no-reply@allegro.cc (ImLeftFooted) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:53:58 +0000

Yeah.