1. RV: Re: Win32Lib being restrictive
-----Mensaje original-----
De: Daniel Berstein <danielberstein at usa.net>
Para: Euphoria Programming for MS-DOS <EUPHORIA at MIAMIU.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU>
Fecha: s=E1bado 11 de abril de 1998 17:42
Asunto: RE: Re: Win32Lib being restrictive
>
>>You can usually predict the next set of goodies that Win32Lib is going =
to
>have by looking at the next chapter
>>in the Petzold book. 
>
>Which chapter are you on by now? ;)
>
>
>>I'm a bit ambivalent on loading resources, since my focus is on buildin=
g
>the application dynamically. But
>>harass me with some specifics, and I'll probably tack it in.
>
>
>I agree that dinamically building resources is very useful (and needed).
>On-the-fly creation eats a lot of memory for certain tasks (and is slowe=
r),
>besides there are excelent tools for creating resources (how about dialo=
g
>boxes?). If Win32Lib final goal is to be a rapid development tool it sho=
uld
>offer this ability, don't you think?
>
>>Do you want to use string tables for internationalization? All the Win3=
2
>code I've written uses ANSI instead of
>>UNICODE. I'm not in a rush to fix this, but people should let me know i=
f
>it's a real concern, and I'll consider >making the transition.
>
>Supporting the complete set of Windows programming resources makes
"porting"
>projects developed using other tools (VC++, etc..) faster. And as a Span=
ish
>speaker, I would love to be able to just have a string table to change f=
rom
>spanish to english :)
>
>
>These are the words I like most when I do something people likes:
>
>Thanks (David) and keep on the good work!
>
>
>Regards,
> Daniel Berstein.
>
>
