OpenEuphoria

Re: Slippery window styles

• Posted by David Cuny <dcuny at LANSET.COM> Jan 21, 2001
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Derek Parnell wrote:

> I hadn't realised that win32lib was supposed to
> be a cross-platform library.

>From a conceptual point of view, you shouldn't really have to understand the
inner workings of Windows in order to use the library. So IMNSHO if you have
to resort to Win32 stuff, it's not doing a very good job of hiding the
details from the user.

> If Win32lib is going to be a cross-platform library
> then it needs SERIOUS overhauling. I'm not in a position
> to do this because of the effort that that would require.

I'm not asking for you to do that. But I think it would be a good idea if
most of the routines that are used by most of the users didn't require that
they actually 'get their fingers dirty', so to speak.

> Give me the rest of the week to tidy it up and
> I'll post my last release.

What? I think we have a couple of crossed wires here!

-- David Cuny