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Re: Cool GUI's

• Posted by Jon Banquer <jbtech at MPINET.NET> Oct 10, 1999
• 486 views

David,

Has it been your experience that users take libraries
like VEL or your Win32Lib and modify them /
add new features to them, or do they just use them
as is, request more features, etc and make programs
with them ?

The program that I have in mind to create would be
a APT language based program for doing CNC
machining.

Is Visual Win 32 Lib still an on going project ?

jon








----- Original Message -----
From: David Cuny <dcuny at LANSET.COM>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 3:21 AM
Subject: Re: Cool GUI's


> Jon Banquer wrote:
>
> >Many of the applications that I use have what
> >CAD/CAM vendors call a "feature tree".
>
> This is a 'List view'; it's similar to an Explorer 'Tree view', but it
uses
> bitmap icons. No, I haven't implemented these. I don't think VEL has it
> either.
>
>
> > Can you have dockable panels?
>
> I haven't implemented MDI, and I don't plan to. Microsoft seems to be
moving
> away from the MDI model and to using tabbed panes for various documents. I
> don't know about VEL.
>
>
> > How about dockable toolbars?
>
> Toolbars are dockable, but I've chosen to implement them in Win32Lib as
> sticking to the top of the window. Again, I can't speak for VEL.
>
>
> > Is there anyway to program the middle mouse
> > button and pop up an HTML dialog box?
>
> You can trap any Win32 event.
>
> What's an HTML dialog box, anyway?
>
>
> > Can the toolbar be made dockable?
>
> Since they toolbars can't float in Win32Lib, no.
>
>
> > How about a file tree view like I have with UltraEdit ?
>
> The 'List view' is not currently implemented in Win32Lib. I don't think
it's
> part of VEL yet, either.
>
>
> > I have to admit that I really want to go with Euphoria but
> > I know that I am going to want the kind of tools
> > that I use everyday in my CAD/CAM applications
> > in my programs.
>
>
> What sort of application are you writing, and what makes Euphoria so well
> suited for it?
>
> Euphoria's support of Win32 is still a bit weak. VEL is ahead of Win32Lib
in
> the 'cool control' list, but your list exceeds even VEL. If you need all
> these widgets, I suspect you'd be better served with some other language.
>
>
> > What do you use for a Windows Editor for Euphoria?
>
> I use a DOS editor. It's a lot easier on my eyes.
>
>
> -- David Cuny
>