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<H1 ALIGN="RIGHT"><A NAME="FLUID">9 - Programming with FLUID</A></H1>
This chapter shows how to use the Fast Light User-Interface Designer
(&quot;FLUID&quot;) to create your GUIs.
<P>This chapter shows how to use the Fast Light User-Interface Designer
(&quot;FLUID&quot;) to create your GUIs.</P>
<H2>What is FLUID?</H2>
<P>Subchapters:
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="#what_is_fluid">What is FLUID</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#fluid_under_linux">Running FLUID Under UNIX</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#fluid_under_windows">Running FLUID Under Microsoft Windows</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#compiling_fl_files">Compiling <TT>.fl</TT> files</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#tutorial">A Short Tutorial</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#references">FLUID Reference</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#I18N">Internationalization with FLUID</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#limitations">Know limitations</A></LI>
</UL></P>
<H2><A NAME="what_is_fluid">What is FLUID?</A></H2>
<P>The Fast Light User Interface Designer, or FLUID, is a
graphical editor that is used to produce FLTK source code. FLUID
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<P>Widgets may either call a named callback function that you write in
another source file, or you can supply a small piece of C++ source and
FLUID will write a private callback function into the <TT>.cxx</TT> file.</P>
<H2>Running FLUID Under UNIX</H2>
<H2><A NAME="fluid_under_linux">Running FLUID Under UNIX</A></H2>
To run FLUID under UNIX, type:
<UL>
<PRE>
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typing <KBD>CTRL-C</KBD> on the terminal. It will exit
immediately, losing any changes.</P>
<H2>Running FLUID Under Microsoft Windows</H2>
<H2><A NAME="fluid_under_windows">Running FLUID Under Microsoft Windows</A></H2>
<P>To run FLUID under WIN32, double-click on the <I>FLUID.exe</I>
file. You can also run FLUID from the Command Prompt window.
FLUID always runs in the background under WIN32.
<H2>Compiling <TT>.fl</TT> files</H2>
<H2><A NAME="compiling_fl_files">Compiling <TT>.fl</TT> files</A></H2>
<P>FLUID can also be called as a command-line
&quot;compiler&quot; to create the <TT>.cxx</TT> and <TT>.h</TT>
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fluid -c $&lt;
</PRE></UL>
<H2>A Short Tutorial</H2>
<H2><A NAME="tutorial">A Short Tutorial</A></H2>
<P>FLUID is an amazingly powerful little program. However, this
power comes at a price as it is not always obvious how to
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<H2>FLUID Reference</H2>
<H2><A NAME="references">FLUID Reference</A></H2>
<P>The following sections describe each of the windows in FLUID.
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<P>The "Set" field controls the set number in the catalog file.
The default set is 1 and rarely needs to be changed.
<H2><A NAME="limitations">Know limitations</A></H2>
Declaration Blocks can be used to temporarily block out already
designed code using <code>#if 0</code> and <code>#endif</code>
type construction. This will effectively avoid compilation of
blocks of code. However, static code and data generated by this
segment (menu items, images, include statements, etc.) will still
be generated and likely cause compile-time warnings.
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