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File: InterfaceElementsv1.01.zip
Author: Attila Mezei (amezei@mail.datanet.hu)
Release: v1.01
Compatibility: PR
Location: /contrib/develop
Description: Resource&GUI Editor for BeOS
Notes:
Introduction
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Interface Elements is a resource and GUI editor for the BeOS with add-on and
drag&drop support.
With Interface Elements you can create and edit any objects or data types which
you have editor for. The object model that Interface Elements uses allows
handling all kinds of objects and data types the same way.
You can edit windows, views, replicants visually with the built-in view editor
with great comfort. There are many operations available for view editing
including undo/cut/copy/paste/duplicate/hide/show/center/stretch/snap and
several methods for selecting them. Help is also there. The view editors
(which let you edit all properties of a view) follow the class hierarchy,
that is when you open a view (e.g. BButton) you will see the editors of its
base classes (BControl, BView). This also means that when you create a new view
add-on, you don't have to make editors for the base classes. When editing a
window or a view, a detailed view hierarchy is shown with all the child view
names and classes.
The window and view editors create and edit standard BeOS window and view
archives.
Some objects (e.g. BWindow) are able to generate C++ source with methods,
as well as the definitions and message constants which they use.
There are 20 interface add-ons (window and views) and 3 other add-ons included
with the program:
- BBox, BButton, BCheckBox, BColorControl, BControl, BListView, BMenu,
BMenuBar, BMenuField, BMenuItem, BOutlineListView, BRadioButton, BScrollBar,
BScrollView, BStatusBar, BTextControl, BTextView, BView, BWindow
- data, long, string
In the moment there are 10 additional add-ons available on the Interface
Elements Homepage (http://w3.datanet.hu/~amezei/IE/).
The add-on API is simple and well documented so anyone with a little
programming experience can create his own data type or view add-on.
Sample add-on sources are included.
The program contains a visual clipboard and a message target to help software
developing even more.