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SWT Shell win32_new question [message #450596]

Tue, 15 February 2005 22:01

Anders Swenson

Messages: 3
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

I've got an SWT problem I was hoping you'd be able to help me with. We
really want to make modal SWT dialogs that we would call from C/C++
programs. We have an eclipse application with a lot of SWT dialogs that we
would like to re-use. However the only way i can see this working is if we
use win32_new that allows us to pass in a handle for the Shell which works
but there is this nice little warning that is holding me back:
-----
IMPORTANT:This method is not part of the public
API for Shell. It is marked public only so that it
can be shared within the packages provided by SWT. It is not
available on all platforms, and should never be called from
application code.
-----
I was wondering if you think it would be a very bad thing to use
win32_new. If so any ideas on how to get a modal SWT dialog. What are the
chances that win32_new will end up on the chopping block.

Thanks
Anders

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Re: SWT Shell win32_new question [message #450645 is a reply to message #450596]

Wed, 16 February 2005 14:10

Steve Northover

Messages: 1636
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

I can't really speculate. The warning is accurate. If we need to change
the API for some reason, then I'm really sorry but we will just do it.
Also, this API only exists on Windows.

Now, what exactly are you doing? Perhaps there is an API friendly way to do
it? Since you are using C/C++ code, it seems that you are already platform
specific so there may not be any hope. Can you describe in more detail
exactly which part of you application is C/C++ and which is SWT? For
example, are there GUI elements in C/C++?

"Anders" <aswenson@us.ibm.com> wrote in message
news:cutrfv$rj$1@www.eclipse.org...
> I've got an SWT problem I was hoping you'd be able to help me with. We
> really want to make modal SWT dialogs that we would call from C/C++
> programs. We have an eclipse application with a lot of SWT dialogs that we
> would like to re-use. However the only way i can see this working is if we
> use win32_new that allows us to pass in a handle for the Shell which works
> but there is this nice little warning that is holding me back:
> -----
> IMPORTANT:This method is not part of the public
> API for Shell. It is marked public only so that it
> can be shared within the packages provided by SWT. It is not
> available on all platforms, and should never be called from
> application code.
> -----
> I was wondering if you think it would be a very bad thing to use
> win32_new. If so any ideas on how to get a modal SWT dialog. What are the
> chances that win32_new will end up on the chopping block.
>
> Thanks
> Anders
>
>

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