OpenEuphoria

RE: Virtual Window code

• Posted by jxliv7 at hotmail.com Aug 19, 2003
• 451 views

> Derek Parnell wrote:
>
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> 
> Wayne, I've said this before and its worth repeating... If one is going 
> to most of the app using direct API calls, the win32lib is not the right 
> 
> tool. Here is a reworking of your example for all the API code removed 
> (because its not needed). Your inclusion of the API stuff only made it 
> much more complicated that it needed to be. 
>
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Derek, you have brought up a serious point that i do NOT understand 
about Windows programming in Euphoria. that is, what is the difference 
between the API calls, the win32lib, and even some other library(s) 
(like BACH) i find here?

i like Judith's IDE, i was writing my code with it before i switched 
over to MEdit, but i am still stuck in the DOS style of coding. what i 
write doesn't interface with anything, it just does what i want it to 
do. i would like a GUI so i can handle input and output within a Windows 
environment (no Linux yet, although i run a box).

what is the easiest, fastest, and most efficient way to make something 
that can do Windows? what are and why are there differences within the 
Euphoria community programming Windows? is it worth dropping Euphoria 
and learning another language as a way to make Windows applications? 

Don't get me wrong, i've been playing with Euphoria for about 8 years, 
but i think it's time i moved up a notch. i read the EUforum daily 
summaries from topica, but this Windows question has kept me lurking 
when i should be coding. i cannot figure it out.

thanks for your candor and your sharing in the community, i for one 
appreciate it.


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jon


jxliv7 at hotmail.com