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Re: gtkdialog getting started
Posted: 28 Nov 2012, 16:14
by bigbass
double post removed
Re: gtkdialog getting started
Posted: 28 Nov 2012, 16:18
by bigbass
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#!/bin/bash
# description of script:
# control Modem service on and off
# script name modem_control
# Nov 28,2012 Joe Arose "bigbass"
# this is an administrative script
# written to show what is happening with the service
# without obscuring the processes involved
# keeping everything transparent
rm /tmp/modem_status
# lets run this first to get the modem status before gtkdialog is run
ps -A| grep dhcpcd > /dev/null 2>&1 ;RETVAL=${PIPESTATUS[1]};[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && RESULT_="Modem running";[ $RETVAL -ne 0 ] && RESULT_="Modem not running"
echo $RESULT_ >/tmp/modem_status
export MODEM_DIALOG='
<window title="Modem Service Control">
<vbox>
<frame Start / stop modem>
<pixmap icon_size="6">
<input file stock= "gtk-connect"></input>
</pixmap>
</frame>
<frame Wait on status to change... >
<entry>
<input file>/tmp/modem_status</input>
<variable>ENTRY</variable>
</entry>
</frame>
<frame "Enable" starts modem "Disable" stops modem >
<hbox>
<button>
<label>Enable</label>
<action type="enable">ENTRY</action>
<action type="enable">CHECKBOX</action>
<action>/sbin/dhcpcd </action>
<action>ps -A| grep dhcpcd > /dev/null 2>&1 ;RETVAL=${PIPESTATUS[1]};[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && RESULT_="Modem running";[ $RETVAL -ne 0 ] && RESULT_="Modem not running" ;echo Modem running >/tmp/modem_status </action>
<action type="refresh">ENTRY</action>
</button>
<button>
<label>Disable</label>
<action type="enable">ENTRY</action>
<action type="enable">CHECKBOX</action>
<action>/sbin/dhcpcd -x</action>
<action>ps -A| grep dhcpcd > /dev/null 2>&1 ;RETVAL=${PIPESTATUS[1]};[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && RESULT_="Modem running";[ $RETVAL -ne 0 ] && RESULT_="Modem not running" ;echo Modem not running >/tmp/modem_status </action>
<action type="refresh">ENTRY</action>
</button>
</hbox>
</frame>
<hbox>
<button cancel></button>
</hbox>
</vbox>
</window>
'
gtkdialog --center --program MODEM_DIALOG
*I have a binary I wrote to convert spaces to tabs and justify text
called 2tabs written in BaCon I used to allow for code indentation in this post
IMAGE
I wrote this for gtkdialog so we have some easy examples
This example shows how to control back end services that may or not be running
*Will port this to BaCon too
Sometimes I forget to turn on my modem and when booting slackware 14 it times out
and as a result I don't have internet using LAN so this is a quick way my kids and I can check if the modem is working
A GUI is nice to have to make things easy
Joe
Re: gtkdialog getting started
Posted: 15 Feb 2013, 16:28
by bigbass
Re: gtkdialog getting started
Posted: 05 Mar 2014, 04:27
by freestyler
I'm trying to make a gtkdialog script that lets you select and open a file from a set directory with a set file type. I did in with kdialog a while ago like this:
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kdialog --getopenfilename /etc/openvpn/. "*.ovpn"
Is there any equivalent way to do this with gtkdialog?
Ive searched the internet all day and the closest I got was by using zenity.
Re: gtkdialog getting started
Posted: 06 Mar 2014, 01:26
by brokenman
gtkdialog is a little more complex than zenity, kdialog and xdialog. It doesn't provide you with prebuilt dialogs, but allows you create them. If all you need is a simple one off dialog to choose a file then zenity or xdialog may be what you need. In any case here is a script that will open a gtkdialog requesting the user to chose a file.
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#!/bin/bash
echo '<window title="'$(gettext "Open a file")'" icon-name="gtk-open" width-request="350">
<vbox>
<text><label>Please select a file:</label></text>
<hbox>
<entry fs-action="file"
fs-title="Select a file"
fs-filters="*.'$2'"
fs-folder="'$1'"
editable="false">
<variable>entselFile</variable>
</entry>
<button space-expand="false" space-fill="false">
<label>Select</label>
<variable>butselFile</variable>
<action function="fileselect">entselFile</action>
</button>
</hbox>
</vbox>
</window>
'|gtkdialog -s -c
Run it like this:
./myscript /etc/openvpn ovpn
You can also place it in a function in your existing script and just call the function. Something like:
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choose_file(){
place_above_code_in_here
}
choose_file /etc/openvpn ovpn
The result will be spat out to stdout or you can send it to a file.
Re: gtkdialog getting started
Posted: 06 Mar 2014, 23:22
by freestyler
Thanks for the help brokenman, that works great.
I'm now having problems calling a function. It says:
the function is
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function term(){
exec xterm -e "openvpn --config $entselFile"
}
I am trying to call it with a button like this
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<button>
<label>Start</label>
<action>term</action></button>
<button>
Any idea's what i'm doing wrong?
Re: gtkdialog getting started
Posted: 07 Mar 2014, 01:22
by freestyler
Got the function working had to use
Re: gtkdialog getting started
Posted: 22 Mar 2014, 20:48
by roadie
Getting this when I run gtkdialog.
It's on 32bit Porteus-Kde v3.0
guest@porteus:~$ gtkdialog
** (gtkdialog:3266): ERROR **: Gtkdialog: Could not find the dialog description in the environment variable 'MAIN_DIALOG'.
Trace/breakpoint trap
Does gtkdialog need to be called with a file option?
Yes, I'm new to Gtkdialog...finding lots of examples online, but very little about the program itself.
Re: gtkdialog getting started
Posted: 23 Mar 2014, 23:59
by brokenman
gtkdialog is not the same as xdialog or kdialog in that it comes with ready made widgets. This is the expected output if you simply type gtkdialog into a terminal. It needs to be run together with a file option or a variable.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=38608