On Mon, November 17, 2008 7:48 am, Michael Ott wrote:
> Hello Andrew!
>
>> >> I am attempting my first Gnome applet creation and I found a great
tutorial at http://projects.gnome.org/ORBit2/appletstutorial.html .
Unfortunately, I am stuck where the example goes to load an image. I
>> can
>> >> compile the applet and make it run but when I add it to the Gnome bar
>> it
>> >> doesn't show anything. I have some printf's in the code and those
>> work
>> >> on
>> >> the console.
>> > Do you have an .server file?
>> >
>> > Do you try it with panel-test-applets?
>> >
>> > With a server file and panel-test-applets it will work. Perhaps.
>> I do indeed have the .server file.
> Can you send me the file?
<oaf_info>
<oaf_server iid="OAFIID:ExampleApplet_Factory" type="exe"
location="/usr/lib/gnome-panel/myexample">
<oaf_attribute name="repo_ids" type="stringv">
<item value="IDL:Bonobo/GenericFactory:1.0"/>
<item value="IDL:Bonobo/Unknown:1.0"/>
</oaf_attribute>
<oaf_attribute name="name" type="string" value="Example Applet
Factory"/>
<oaf_attribute name="description" type="string" value="Factory to
create the example applet"/>
</oaf_server>
<oaf_server iid="OAFIID:ExampleApplet" type="factory"
location="OAFIID:ExampleApplet_Factory">
<oaf_attribute name="repo_ids" type="stringv">
<item value="IDL:GNOME/Vertigo/PanelAppletShell:1.0"/>
<item value="IDL:Bonobo/Control:1.0"/>
<item value="IDL:Bonobo/Unknown:1.0"/>
</oaf_attribute>
<oaf_attribute name="name" type="string" value="Test2 Applet"/>
<oaf_attribute name="description" type="string" value="This is a
test"/>
<oaf_attribute name="panel:category" type="string"
value="Amusements"/>
<oaf_attribute name="panel:icon" type="string"
value="invest-big.png"/>
</oaf_server>
</oaf_info>
>
>> From that same page I was able to make the first example work and do some
>> small modifications. But when I try to go on to the second step,
nothing happens. The applet runs from a command line and executes my
printf()'s but nothing shows up on the panel.
> I believe, that you cannot see anything on the panel. I tested it always
with panel-test-applets.
I'm afraid I have no idea what panel-test-applets is..
Andrew
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