Re: using winapi in gtk

[Tim Evans <t evans aranz com>]

Daniel K. O. wrote:
> Allin Cottrell wrote:
>
> > Personally, I use the native win32 file open/save dialogs in the win32 
> > port of my gtk app, because they are familiar to Windows users while 
> > the gtk versions are not.
>
> Unfortunately it freezes the rest of the GTK gui while the user doesn't 
> close the dialog. If it's a networking program, this is usually not 
> acceptable.

I get around this by calling GetOpenFileName (or similar) in a new
thread and passing the results back to the gtk mainloop using g_idle_add.

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Tim Evans
Applied Research Associates NZ
http://www.aranz.com/