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- From: rickg@eng.sun.com (The Tankster)
- Newsgroups: alt.toolkits.xview
- Subject: Re: HELP! Find all files of a directory in Xview
- Date: 31 Dec 92 09:37:21
- Organization: SunSoft, Inc.
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- In-reply-to: hue@island.COM's message of Thu, 31 Dec 1992 08:11:48 GMT
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- Newsgroups: alt.toolkits.xview
- From: hue@island.COM (Pond Scum)
- Organization: Island Graphics Corp.
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 08:11:48 GMT
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- rickg@eng.sun.com (The Tankster) writes:
- >according to the SunSoft toolkit strategy annoncement that
- >appeared awhile back, the XView toolkit itself will eventually
- >contain such an object. i guess it depends on when you need it...
-
- I guess it also depends on whether you think the one that comes with
- XView will satisfy your needs. It's nice to have a canned one if
- you're not up for writing one yourself, but I'm sure there are a lot
- of software developers who can think of really neat features to put in
- a file requester won't be in the one supplied with a future version
- of XView.
-
- exactly why the XView implementation takes the "kit" approach
- rather then forcing you to start from scratch when the File
- Chooser object is not exactly what you need (e.x. the "Load
- Files" dialog in MailTool). though those who do use the File
- Chooser object have the benefits of having a look and feel that
- is consistant with the rest of the OW desktop and as well as
- the design input of our HI people and user testing.
-
- in reality, it does not appear that our respective approaches
- are dissimilar (sorry, i can't post code at this juncture). glad
- to see that someone out there is doing useful things with XView
- extensions!
-
- <<tank
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- Richard M. "Tank" Goldstein rickg@Eng.Sun.COM
- Window Developer Environment,
- SunSoft, Inc.
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- "I'm a scientist. I don't think, I observe."
- -Dr. Clayton Forrester
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