MySQL Building User Interfaces

User Interface (UI) Construction with Glade

To begin the build process, set the project options after launching Glade. Set the project directory, and enter the project name of ww_comm (for “worldwide commissions”). Disable Gnome and gettext support, as you did for the SESI project.

Create a new form and name it frm_login. For its Title property, enter Commissions Login. Drop in a four-row vbox named vbox_login, and then insert lbl_title and lbl_messages, as shown in Figure 8.2, setting the text for both as shown in Figure 8.1. Give lbl_title a bit of visual separation by setting itsY Pad property to 5. For the rest of the construction of frm_login, have Figures 8.1 and 8.2 available for quick reference.

Drop in frame_login and frame_change_password ...