[Gambas-user] Small window without gadgets

[Benoit Minisini]

On vendredi 5 décembre 2008, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote:
> Nicolas Koch schrieb:
> > Rolf,
> >
> >> The question is simple: Is it possible to make a small window without
> >> any gadgets appear and disappear after some seconds showing a small hint
> >> such as "you got new messages..."?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > Ok on your project you have your main form say FMain, create another
> > form call it FNewMsg.
> >
> > On FMain add a button or whatever way you want to call the FNewMsg form.
> >
> > ' Gambas class file
> >
> > PUBLIC SUB Form_Open()
> >
> > END
> >
> > PUBLIC SUB Button1_Click()
> >   FNewMsg.Show
> > END
> >
> > Now on FNewMsg we just have the Message you wanted "you got new
> > messages..." either as textlabel, msg or picture whatever and add a
> > timer like the below
> >
> > FNewMsg
> > ' Gambas class file
> >
> > PRIVATE CloseTimer AS NEW Timer AS "CloseTimer"
> >
> > PUBLIC SUB Form_Open()
> >   ME.Center
> >   CloseTimer.Delay = 4 * 1000
> >   CloseTimer.Enabled = TRUE
> >
> > END
> >
> > PUBLIC SUB CloseTimer_Timer()
> >   ME.Close()
> > END
>
> Thanks for that proposal. Of course, everything runs as expected, the
> only thing is that the message window always has gadgets here, and I
> cannot explain why. In the properties, I set this window to "Border -
> None" and the gadgets disappear in design mode. But when the window is
> called like in the example, it does have gadgets...
>
>
> Rolf
>

It shouldn't, but it depends on the window manager you use. Which one do you 
use? Which version of Gambas do you use too?

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Benoit Minisini