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WxSizers and update

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Hi all!
I'm developing an pplication with wxWidgets. I use sizers, wxStaticBoxSizer, and I add static texts inside it. The problem is I don't know hoe many lines I should add! When I receive a packet from the web I know how many lines should I add. Can I update the sizer's size to accomodate all the lines I need? How can I do it?
Ad advice: will this be a problem for the GUI? I mean, when the program receives the packet, it automaticcaly resize the main window, could this be a problem for the user?

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Post by tan »

Hi,
may be easier to use wxTextCtrl with multiline and readonly style instead wxStaticText?
OS: Windows XP Pro
Compiler: MSVC++ 7.1
wxWidgets: 2.8.10
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Post by cali1981 »

Which is the difference between them?
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Post by Auria »

cali1981 wrote:Which is the difference between them?
wxTextCtrl is a text area - just like the one you typed in when typing this reply. Making a non-editable text area can indeed be easier for just displaying a bunch of text

The advantage is that lines will automatically warp, whereas with staticText you would need to do it manually
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The main diffrence is that you create a control for a text, adding alot of overhead for a simple task of displaying text data.

You coudl use wxListCtrl instead on wxTextXtrl/statictext. Whenever you get data you add a new list item.

Or if the data you receive is logically linked (eg a html source, chat messages, etc) you can use wxTextCtrl.

But of what I understand wxListCtrl with no column would fit you best. Just use a wxListCtrl in report mode, 1 single column, with labelEdit off, and set the column to autosize : Setcolumnwidth(col_num, -1);


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The main diffrence is that you create a control for a text, adding alot of overhead for a simple task of displaying text data.

You coudl use wxListCtrl instead on wxTextXtrl/statictext. Whenever you get data you add a new list item.

Or if the data you receive is logically linked (eg a html source, chat messages, etc) you can use wxTextCtrl.

But of what I understand wxListCtrl with no column would fit you best. Just use a wxListCtrl in report mode, 1 single column, with labelEdit off, and set the column to autosize : Setcolumnwidth(col_num, -1);

PS: if you stick to the statictext stuff, i suggets you use wxScrolledWindow as parent and call sizr->Layout() after adding something, or else ... the content will update on the next internal idle event or something (or so it they say) or when you resize the window.

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