hello,

there's a few things i haven't been able to wrap my head around.. one of them is How does Fan know where to position controls in a Window?

...Take the fwt's "demo.fan" sample code for example - i can't see any Location or Positioning code for any of the controls, so how did they all end up positioned where they are? Magic? Or does Fan read our thoughts...? :p

Generally a widget or control is positioned by its parent. There are various kinds of Pane, like EdgePane, SashPane, ScrollPane, etc. A Pane overrides onLayout to put its child widgets where it wants them, using bounds or pos / size.

So you compose an interface by putting panes and widgets inside other panes, until you get the effect you want. If you want a different positioning scheme than the FWT classes provide, make your own by overriding the onLayout.

wow, thanks, that was helpful! :) i don't suppose you know how to get rid of (or hide) the msdos window programmatically would you?

Yes.

Would you care to share it with me? :D.. I read your reply in the other Topic, but i'm really trying to avoid having to use batch files and repeat the same process all over again each time i need to run a fan app

You're asking for something that's simpler than a one-line batch file? I could come over to your house and push the buttons for you I guess. <g>

There is no "one-click experience" to turn a Fan app into a windows executable; at least not yet. There are options, with varying degrees of difficulty, depending on what you want to do.

I like sarcasm. However, all I am trying to do is be able to run my FWT applications without showing the ms-dos window, and without having to create a batch file.

Sorry for the snarkiness. I think you're right about this: FWT apps ought to be able to run without a console, when the app doesn't need the in and out streams.

no probs :-)