[gtkada] Generating source code from GLADE Tool Bar

[stephane at rochebrune.org]

Hi Eric,

I would like to talk with you about the ada_gate program you wrote and 
(possible) improvements I am thinking about when using it with some 
incomplete or ill-behaved .glade xml file (i.e missing clauses in .glade 
file), like :

- <program_name></program_name>
- <source_directory></source_directory>
- <pixmaps_directory></pixmaps_directory>

When one, two or three of theses are missing, the corresponding parameter 
is replaced by a "<no_name>" string... which is sending from gate-in.exe to 
ada_gate.exe, causing an error.

Syntaxe du nom de fichier, de répertoire ou de volume incorrecte.
raised OS_SERVICES_GNAT.SERVICE_ERROR : Mkdir command failed

At first, I suggest to test variable before using it.

If the first line contains "<no_name>", that means 
<program_name></program_name> is    missing. So why not output a message 
like "<program_name></program_name> clauses" is missing" ?

Secondly, you use an adalog package to perform basic file os interaction 
not included in gnat os lib. I would like to talk with you about that...

Is your native language is french ?

Best regards from France

Stéphane Rivière (Oleron Island - France)



 >At 16:32 21/08/2001 , vous avez écrit:
 >I had the same problem. It seems there is a problem with gate.bat (bin
 >directiry) command file which is called by Glade and more precisely with
 >the use sh.exe and gate.sh. I rewrote gate.sh in Ada and now its working
 >pretty well.
 >
 >Here are the new gate.bat and the source for ada_gate.exe
 >
 >eric.mathieu at c-s-canada.ca