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- From: tl14@bton.ac.uk (Eddie)
- Subject: Re: Visual Basic for Amiga - A possibi
- Message-ID: <Dn4DsF.K9H@bton.ac.uk>
- Organization: University of Brighton, UK
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- References: <rdingem.4eoi@grafix.xs4all.nl>
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 09:45:50 GMT
-
- Ruud Dingemans (rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl) wrote:
- : In a message of 13 Feb 96 Stephen Gathercole wrote to All:
-
- : SG> From: steve@puter.demon.co.uk (Stephen Gathercole)
-
- : SG> Exactly, this guy knows what I am getting at. M$ Visual Basic makes GUI
- : SG> development, and programming so much easier. For example, User A wants
- : SG> to makes a simple GUI-based applications on both PC and Amiga, on the
- : SG> Amiga he has to work out IDCMP codes, When a mouse has been clicked,
- : SG> etc. But on the PC he just has to put the code in the relevent section
- : SG> (i.e. Mouseclick to check for a single mouse click) and the software
- : SG> does the rest.
-
- : Huh? On the Amiga this has been possible in ACE BASIC (freeware) for
- : a long time. Windows, buttons, gadgets, etc. No IDCMP pointers here...
-
- : SG> To conclude, the Amiga needs a Visual Basic style programming language,
-
- : Well, get onto Aminet and try ACE (2.35 and up). Very easy to use,
- : freeware, stable, and a compiler. There's even a window designer
- : program available for it, like GadToolsBox. Sounds a lot like what
- : you're looking for.
-
- : Regards, Ruud
- : rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl
-
- : -- Via Xenolink 1.985B5, XenolinkUUCP 1.1
-
- I follow your point, BUT -
-
- Visual Basic is AWFUL. I have to use it at work at the moment, and it is the
- main cause of my over premature hair loss. It is terrible! A typical M$
- product. I've not seen ACE but I shall check it out ;-)
-
- If there is to be a Visual Basic style package commercially available for the
- Amiga, it woul have to use the Intuition interface etc. to the full. It might
- then be worth using :-)
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- * Tim Lewis (a.k.a Eddie) * "You think I'm crazy! *
- * * You wouldn't know what crazy was *
- * T.Lewis@bton.ac.uk * if Charles Manson was sitting on *
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