1. Win32Lib, wxEuphoria or Arwen
I found another library for building GUIs. Anybody want to spend another $0.35
and opine as to the features/characteristics of a project that would gravitate
towards Arwen rather then either Win32Lib or Arwen?
Thanks
Mike
2. Re: Win32Lib, wxEuphoria or Arwen
Well, obviously I meant Win32Lib or wxEuphoria, but it appears that Arwen has no
built in capability for treeviews or for "fancy" listviews. Both of which are
imperative for my project, so I think Arwen won't cut it for me. Shame, though,
because I have familiarity with windows' resource files and the way that Arwen
implements its structure is very familiar to me.
Oh, well.
Thanks
Mike
3. Re: Win32Lib, wxEuphoria or Arwen
Hi Mike,
I developed Arwen for speed so wasn't too concerned that it is not very feature
rich. However, Pete Lomax enhanced it even more and bundles a fork of it with
Edita.
That could have what you mention below so I wouldn't right Arwen off entirely
just
yet.. too bad about not having a GUI form developer though 
Another tool you may consider using is Orac. If your project is REALLY big and
you
need to write lots 'n lots of modules and you DON'T want to spend ANY time
rearranging
the include order of files just to get the thing to compile properly, then, you
may
find Orac very helpful. OTOH, once you start using it, there's no going back..
"take the blue pill and believe whatever you want to later, or take the red one
and
see just how deep the rabbit warren goes.."
Mike
Mike777 wrote:
>
> Well, obviously I meant Win32Lib or wxEuphoria, but it appears that Arwen has
> no built in capability for treeviews or for "fancy" listviews. Both of which
> are imperative for my project, so I think Arwen won't cut it for me. Shame,
> though, because I have familiarity with windows' resource files and the way
> that Arwen implements its structure is very familiar to me.
>
> Oh, well.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
4. Re: Win32Lib, wxEuphoria or Arwen
Mike wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> I developed Arwen for speed so wasn't too concerned that it is not very
> feature
> rich. However, Pete Lomax enhanced it even more and bundles a fork of it with
> Edita.
> That could have what you mention below so I wouldn't right Arwen off entirely
> just
> yet.. too bad about not having a GUI form developer though
>
win32lib appears to be rich. Part of it actually comes from putting various
wrappers around the same thing in different ways, which may be more convenient
for users who don't know how Windows works under the hood. Geeks would call it
code bloat. Arwen needs less of these features because it is simply more low
level. You need to know Windows more to use it, but are less bothered by code
which is only convenient.
However, things like the event or form systems are, I believe, real features in
win32lib, and they make it more effective.
CChris
> Another tool you may consider using is Orac. If your project is REALLY big and
> you
> need to write lots 'n lots of modules and you DON'T want to spend ANY time
> rearranging
> the include order of files just to get the thing to compile properly, then,
> you may
> find Orac very helpful. OTOH, once you start using it, there's no going back..
Seconded.
>
> "take the blue pill and believe whatever you want to later, or take the red
> one and
> see just how deep the rabbit warren goes.."
>
> Mike
>
>
> Mike777 wrote:
> >
> > Well, obviously I meant Win32Lib or wxEuphoria, but it appears that Arwen
> > has
> > no built in capability for treeviews or for "fancy" listviews. Both of
> > which
> > are imperative for my project, so I think Arwen won't cut it for me. Shame,
> > though, because I have familiarity with windows' resource files and the way
> > that Arwen implements its structure is very familiar to me.
> >
> > Oh, well.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Mike
CChris
5. Re: Win32Lib, wxEuphoria or Arwen
Oh yeah, there's also WinClass by Al Getz. That definitely has Treeviews &
Listviews
(according to the blurb)
Mike
Mike wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> I developed Arwen for speed so wasn't too concerned that it is not very
> feature
> rich. However, Pete Lomax enhanced it even more and bundles a fork of it with
> Edita.
> That could have what you mention below so I wouldn't right Arwen off entirely
> just
> yet.. too bad about not having a GUI form developer though
>
> Another tool you may consider using is Orac. If your project is REALLY big and
> you
> need to write lots 'n lots of modules and you DON'T want to spend ANY time
> rearranging
> the include order of files just to get the thing to compile properly, then,
> you may
> find Orac very helpful. OTOH, once you start using it, there's no going back..
>
> "take the blue pill and believe whatever you want to later, or take the red
> one and
> see just how deep the rabbit warren goes.."
>
> Mike
>
>
> Mike777 wrote:
> >
> > Well, obviously I meant Win32Lib or wxEuphoria, but it appears that Arwen
> > has
> > no built in capability for treeviews or for "fancy" listviews. Both of
> > which
> > are imperative for my project, so I think Arwen won't cut it for me. Shame,
> > though, because I have familiarity with windows' resource files and the way
> > that Arwen implements its structure is very familiar to me.
> >
> > Oh, well.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Mike
6. Re: Win32Lib, wxEuphoria or Arwen
Thanks, Mike. I have downloaded both Orac and Arwen and have played around a
bit. It is looking to me like Win32Lib is winning out because of the IDE (see
other posts). But one never knows what the next project will require!
Mike
