OpenEuphoria

Re: Cool GUI's

• Posted by Jon Banquer <jbtech at MPINET.NET> Oct 15, 1999
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Hi Gary,

>Tree View is not yet implemented, but will
>be as will Dockable Toolbars in the future.

I would consider these a must for the application
I have in mind and would like to build.

Would you describe VEL as basically an easier
and time saving way for a user to interface with the
Windows API ?

I have been considering picking up Petzold's
book on programming Windows. Seems to me that
the more knowledge I have about programming the
Windows API, the better off I would be. The latter
would hold especially true if I discovered what I
needed is not available in VEL or Win32Lib and
won't be anytime soon.

jon



----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Dumer <dumer9354 at MY-DEJA.COM>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: Cool GUI's


> Hi David,
>
> Thanks for the kind words about VEL.
>
> You're mostly right about VEL... Tree View is not yet implemented, but
will
> be as will Dockable Toolbars in the future.
>
> BTW... VEL is written in Borland/Inprise Delphi.
>
> Thanks, Gary.
>
> P.S. I'm happy to see Win32Lib moving forward again.
>
> On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 00:21:04 -0700, David Cuny <dcuny at LANSET.COM> wrote:
>
> >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
>