Re: Missing gui component

[Kevin Ritch <kevin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you kindly Bruce. I am grateful for the comforting advice. I will 
take my head out of the Gas Oven now :-)

On 2026-08-15 3:07 pm, Bruce Steers wrote:

> No not at all.
>
> This was a program written 9 years ago and forgotten about that was 
> explicitly set to use gb.gtk
> Now the user has a system that does not have gtk2 so his gambas install 
> did not include a gb.gtk component, only gb.gtk3
>
> That's why it's never a good idea to explicitly set a particular gui 
> toolkit for a program meant for the public domain as you do not know 
> what toolkits the user may have.
> It is always best to use gb.gui to automatically select the available 
> system toolkit. (or gb.gui.qt to force automatic qt4/qt5/qt6 library 
> switching)
>
> Respects
> BruceS
>
> On Sat, 15 Aug 2026 at 15:40, Kevin Ritch <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Does this mean that any programs built before the new release will fail 
> in the field and cause a Chareback on people's Bank Accounts by buyers?
>
> -------------------------------------- Please tell me that it ain't so.
>
> On 2026-08-15 2:27 pm, Bruce Steers wrote:
>
> A user on my forum just had an error trying to get a program to compile 
> that he made 9 years ago.
>
> The problem was the program was set to explicitly use gb.gtk but his 
> new system did not support gtk2.
>
> I post this mail because of his error message that was something like 
> "cannot find Frame"
>
> It basically failed to find any controls and gave that error.
>
> Shouldn't it fail with a message about gb.gtk component not being 
> found?
>
> Can the compiler/ide detect and give an error message if the toolkit is 
> explicitly chosen (not a gui switcher) but the system is missing that 
> toolkit?
>
> Respects
> BruceS