UI::Dialog::Gauged(3pm) 				User Contributed Perl Documentation				   UI::Dialog::Gauged(3pm)

NAME

       UI::Dialog::Gauged

SYNOPSIS

	 use UI::Dialog::Gauged;
	 my $d = new UI::Dialog::Gauged ( title => 'Default title',
					 height => 20, width => 65 ,
					 listheight => 5,
					 order => [ 'zenity', 'xdialog' ] );

	 # Either a Zenity or Xdialog msgbox widget should popup,
	 # with a preference for Zenity.
	 $d->msgbox( title => 'Welcome!', text => 'Welcome one and all!' );

ABSTRACT

       UI::Dialog::Gauged is simply another meta-class for UI::Dialog. This class simply has a different order of priority than UI::Dialog and
       only uses backends that support a standard set of gauge related functions.

DESCRIPTION

       This class is simply a nice way to try and ensure a GNOME based widget set.

EXPORT

	 None

INHERITS

	 UI::Dialog

CONSTRUCTOR

       new( @options )

       EXAMPLE
	    my $d = new( title => 'Default Title', backtitle => 'Backtitle',
			 width => 65, height => 20, listheight => 5,
			 order => [ 'zenity', 'xdialog' ] );

       DESCRIPTION
		 This is the Class Constructor method. It accepts a list of key => value pairs and uses them as the defaults when interacting with
		 the various widgets.

       RETURNS
		 A blessed object reference of the UI::Dialog::Gauged class.

       OPTIONS
	   The (...)'s after each option indicate the default for the option.

	   debug = 0,1,2(0)
	   order = [ zenity, xdialog, cdialog, whiptail ] (as indicated)
	   PATH = [ /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, /opt/bin ] (as indicated)
	   backtitle = "backtitle" ('')
	   title = "title" ('')
	   beepbefore = 0,1(0)
	   beepafter = 0,1(0)
	   height = d+(20)
	   width = d+(65)
	   listheight = d+(5)

WIDGET METHODS

       gauge_start( )

       EXAMPLE
	    $d->gauge_start( text => 'gauge...', percentage => 1 );

       DESCRIPTION
		 Display a meter bar to the user. This get's the widget realized but requires the use of the other gauge_*() methods for function-
		 ality.

       RETURNS
		 TRUE(1) if the widget loaded fine and FALSE(0) for anything else.

       gauge_inc( )

       EXAMPLE
	    $d->gauge_inc( 1 );

       DESCRIPTION
		 Increment the meter by the given amount.

       RETURNS
		 TRUE(1) if the widget incremented fine and FALSE(0) for anything else.

       gauge_set( )

       EXAMPLE
	    $d->gauge_set( 99 );

       DESCRIPTION
		 Set the meter bar to the given amount.

       RETURNS
		 TRUE(1) if the widget set fine and FALSE(0) for anything else.

       gauge_text( )

       EXAMPLE
	    $d->gauge_text( 'string' );

       DESCRIPTION
		 Set the meter bar message to the given string.

       RETURNS
		 TRUE(1) if the widget set fine and FALSE(0) for anything else.

       gauge_stop( )

       EXAMPLE
	    $d->gauge_stop();

       DESCRIPTION
		 End the meter bar widget process. One of the flaws with gdialog is that the gauge widget does not close properly and requies the
		 end user to close the gauge window when 100% has been reached. This is the second reason why I'm glad gdialog is going the way of
		 the dodo.

       RETURNS
		 TRUE(1) if the widget closed fine and FALSE(0) for anything else.

SEE ALSO

       PERLDOC
	  UI::Dialog
	  UI::Dialog::Backend
	  UI::Dialog::Backend::CDialog
	  UI::Dialog::Backend::Nautilus
	  UI::Dialog::Backend::Whiptail
	  UI::Dialog::Backend::XDialog
	  UI::Dialog::Backend::XOSD
	  UI::Dialog::Backend::Zenity

       MAN FILES
	  zenity(1), Xdialog(1), dialog(1), whiptail(1), osd_cat(1) and nautilus(1)

BUGS

       Please email the author with any bug reports. Include the name of the module in the subject line.

AUTHOR

       Kevin C. Krinke, <kckrinke@opendoorsoftware.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

	Copyright (C) 2003  Kevin C. Krinke <kckrinke@opendoorsoftware.com>

	This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
	modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
	License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
	version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

	This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
	Lesser General Public License for more details.

	You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
	License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
	Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA

perl v5.8.8							    2004-08-01						   UI::Dialog::Gauged(3pm)