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GUIKit query

From	"p.ramsden" <p.ramsden@imperial.ac.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica
Subject	GUIKit query
Date	2011-05-10 12:31 +0000
Organization	Steven M. Christensen and Associates, Inc and MathTensor, Inc.
Message-ID	<iqbb7t$jm5$1@smc.vnet.net> (permalink)

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After many years, I'm finally getting to grips with GUIKit. I've
solved nearly all the problems with the little application I'm
developing, except one. I want, essentially, to mock up a widget
equivalent of a FileNameSetter: that is, a "Browse..." button whose
action is to launch a FileDialog. Something along the lines of

ref = GUIRunModal[
  Widget["Panel",
   WidgetGroup[{Widget["Label", {"text" -> "Source notebook"}],
     Widget["Button", {"text" -> "Browse...",
       BindEvent["action",
        Script[GUIRunModal[Widget["FileDialog"]]]]}]},
    WidgetLayout -> Column]]]


But this totally fails to work: launching a widget from within a
widget isn't cool, it seems. The messages are


GUIKit`Widget::deferr: =AB JavaObject[javax.swing.JFileChooser]=BB is not
valid GUI definition content. >>


GUIRunModal::nvalid: The GUI definition contains invalid content. >>


I can't escape the conviction that I must be being very dim. Can
anyone put me out of my misery?

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GUIKit query "p.ramsden" <p.ramsden@imperial.ac.uk> - 2011-05-10 12:31 +0000
  Re: GUIKit query David Bailey <dave@removedbailey.co.uk> - 2011-05-11 08:28 +0000
    Re: GUIKit query "p.ramsden" <p.ramsden@imperial.ac.uk> - 2011-05-12 08:34 +0000
      Re: GUIKit query David Bailey <dave@removedbailey.co.uk> - 2011-05-12 11:26 +0000

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