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- Path: grafix.xs4all.nl!rdingem
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 96 23:30:41 GMT+1
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
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- Subject: Re: Visual Basic for Amiga - A possibi
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- From: rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl (Ruud Dingemans)
- Message-ID: <rdingem.4eoi@grafix.xs4all.nl>
- Organization: Grafix Attack BBS Holland
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- In a message of 13 Feb 96 Stephen Gathercole wrote to All:
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- 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
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