shell script with zenity

[bsdnewbie999]

Does zenity provides full functionality in GUI programming? I check the zenity page it only gives some limited window option like --info, --question.

#!/bin/ksh
zenity --info \
--text="Terminating Program."

The above code does not print the text "Terminating Program" but" The updates are finished"

[ocicat]

Originally Posted by bsdnewbie999

Does zenity provides full functionality in GUI programming?

It merely allows dialogs to be integrated into shell scripts. So no, it does not provide complete control. Since you aren't giving any detail about what problem you are trying to solve, any answer you will likely get is going to be equally vague.

If you want complete control, look at wxWidgets, wxPython, Tcl/Tk, or Java Swing, but if I recall correctly, you have asked this very same question more than once before.

[TerryP]

It's also note worthy: unless you know programming fairly well, you should not be creating GUI based software with most tool kits (although Tk bindings might make it a different story)

[bsdnewbie999]

I know what's the problem now. I have another question.

#!/bin/ksh
#
OPT1='zenity --entry --text="Please input the host IP:" --title "input IP address:'

The code above does not prompt the zenity window as I put the input ip address value to OPT1. How do I make it prompt the window while save the input value to OPT1 ?

Problem solved. I substitute OPT1=$()

[TerryP]

OPT1=`zenity --entry --text="Please input the host IP:" --title "input IP address:"`

or

OPT1=$(zenity --entry --text="Please input the host IP:" --title "input IP address:")

It's all about the quotes ;-)

[rifqi]

simpe script with zenity

#!/usr/local/bin/bash
input=$(zenity --text "Siapa nama anda?" --entry)
case=$?
case $case in
0)
zenity --info --text "Nama yang anda maukan adalah : $input";;
1)
zenity --info --title "batal" --text "Proses dibatalkan.";
exit 0;
esac