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guientry - Constructor

	Package	display
	Module	widgets
	Tool	guientry

Make a guientry tool

Synopsis
guientry(width, relief, font, background, foreground, editablecolor, uneditablecolor, unsetcolor, illegalcolor, borderwidth, expand, widgetset)

Arguments

width		Initial width of entry field (characters)
		Allowed:	Integer
		Default:	30
relief		Edge relief
		Allowed:	String from `flat', `ridge', `raised', `sunken', `groove'
		Default:	'flat'
font		Font of text
		Allowed:	X font
		Default:	''
background		Background color
		Allowed:	X color
		Default:	`lightgrey'
foreground		Color of text
		Allowed:	X color
		Default:	`black'
editablecolor		Color for editable values
		Allowed:	X color
		Default:	`white'
uneditablecolor		Color for uneditabe values
		Allowed:	X color
		Default:	`lightgray'
unsetcolor		Color for unset values
		Allowed:	X color
		Default:	`yellow'
illegalcolor		Color for illegal values
		Allowed:	X color
		Default:	`red'
borderwidth		Borderwidth
		Allowed:	Integer
		Default:	1
expand		Expand policy
		Allowed:	'x'|'y'|'both'|'none'
		Default:	'none'
widgetset		Widget server to use
		Allowed:	A widgetserver tool
		Default:	dws

Returns
guientry widget

Description
Constructs a guientry according to the specified construction arguments, and returns a ref to the tool.

Example

include 'guientry.g'   
f := dws.frame();
ge := dws.guientry()
r := ge.scalar(f, value=30.0);
whenever r->value do {
  print 'Gui selected is ', r.get();
}