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1. Ring Documentation, Release 1.10
19.3 Creating and running your first GUI/Mobile Application
To learn how to create GUI applications using Ring check the “Desktop and Mobile development using RingQt”
chapter.
Source Code:
Load "guilib.ring"
New qApp {
new qWidget() {
resize(400,400)
setWindowTitle("Hello, World!")
show()
}
exec()
}
In Ring notepad we have a special button to run GUI applications without displaying the console window.
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The next screen shot present the application during the runtime
19.4 Creating and running your first Web Application
To learn how support Ring in your web server and how to create web applications using Ring check the “Web Devel-
opment (CGI Library)” chapter.
Note: You need to support the Ring language in your web server to be able to run the next example.
Source Code:
#!ring -cgi
load "weblib.ring"
Import System.Web
new page {
text("Hello, World!")
}
We can run the application in any web browser or in the browser that are embedded in Ring Notepad.
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For Windows users, Ring comes with Apache Web server!
We can run any web application from any folder directly without doing any configuration.
19.5 Creating and running your first Desktop/Mobile Game
To learn about creating 2D Games using Ring check the “Demo Project - Game Engine for 2D Games” chapter.
Source Code:
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Load "gameengine.ring"
func main
oGame = New Game
{
title = "My First Game"
sprite
{
type = GE_TYPE_PLAYER
x=400 y=400 width=100 height=100
file = "images/player.png"
transparent = true
Animate=false
Move=true
Scaled=true
}
}
We can run the application as any GUI application.
19.6 The Main File in the Project
The idea of the Main File ToolBar is to determine the main file in the project When the project contains many source
code files
Using this feature we can run the project (Main File) at any time while opening other files in the project without the
need to switch to the Main File to run the project.
To quickly use this feature
(Open the project main file)
Press Ctrl+Shift+M to set the current source code file as the main file
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Open and modify other source code files in the project
To run the project (Main File) at any time press Ctrl+Shift+F5 (GUI) or Ctrl+Shift+D (Console)
Screen Shots:
19.7 The File Menu
From this menu we can create, open and save the source code files.
Another feature in this menu is “Print to PDF”
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19.8 The Edit Menu
From the Edit menu we can Cut, Copy and Paste text.
Also we can change the font and the colors.
We can Go to a specific line or use the Find and Replace window to find and replace text.
Also We can set the Tab Width (Number of Spaces)
Starting from Ring 1.8 we have the (Find in Files) option.
19.9 The View Menu
From this menu we can show/hide the dockable windows
Also we can change the Style of the Ring Notepad
Common Styles are (Fusion White and Modern Black)
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Also we can quickly show/hide group of dockable windows based on the context
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19.10 The Program Menu
From this menu we can run the programs
Also we can set the Main file in the project
19.11 The Browser Menu
From this menu we can quickly open common links in the browser
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19.12 The Tools Menu
From this menu we can run the Form Designer in separate window
Also we can run the REPL (Read-Eval-Print-Loop) application
19.13 The Distribute Menu
From this menu we can build an executable file for the application
Also we can prepare the application for distribution
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19.14 The Help Menu
From this menu we can get the help files (CHM & PDF)
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