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- From: krienke@informatik.uni-koblenz.de (Rainer Krienke)
- Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.windows.x.motif,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Motif GUI Builders and C++
- Date: 5 Jan 1993 08:08:59 GMT
- Organization: Universitaet Koblenz
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- References: <1993Jan4.163030.21699@ctp.com> <1993Jan5.002930.23274@mprgate.mpr.ca>
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- In article <1993Jan5.002930.23274@mprgate.mpr.ca>, janzen@lichen.mpr.ca (Martin Janzen) writes:
- |> In article <1993Jan4.163030.21699@ctp.com>, hubec@ctp.com (Hubert Chou) writes:
- |> >We are undertaking a project using object-oriented methodology
- |> >and implementation and are looking for suggestions as to a
- |> >development platform for Motif.
- |> >
- |> >We need to be able to link in C++ code to the user interface. Ideally,
- |> >we'd like to use a Motif C++ library for the interface itself, but
- |> >we're open to any practical solutions [...]
- |>
- |> You should definitely have a look at Doug Young's book, "Object-Oriented
- |> Programming with C++ and OSF/Motif" (0-13-630252-1). He has a lot of
- |> good suggestions on how to program Motif interfaces in C++.
- |>
- |> As far as interface builders, I've had good results with X-Designer,
- |> from Imperial Software Technology (sales@ist.co.uk)*. It creates
- |> global variables corresponding to each widget, so you have to create a
- |> class for each interface, call the XD-generated interface creation
- |> function from inside the constructor, and immediately copy the global
- |> variables to member data. Not quite as nice as having a builder that
- |> generates C++ code directly, but the other benefits of X-Designer
- |> (eg. widget tree editor, layout editor) more than make up for the
- |> inconvenience.
- |>
- |> * IST salespeople reading this are welcome to send cash and/or gifts to
- |> the address below... :-)
- |>
- |> --
- |> Martin Janzen janzen@mprgate.mpr.ca (134.87.131.13)
- |> MPR Teltech Ltd. Phone: (604) 293-5309
- |> 8999 Nelson Way Fax: (604) 293-6100
- |> Burnaby, BC, CANADA V5A 4B5
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- There are two more interesting products as far as I know. I have not testet
- them I only saw them once .
- These products that seem to be very similar to one another are distributet by
- IQ-Products and by Objectworks. Both offer a C++ class library and if you like
- an interfacebuilder that depends upon the C++ class library.
- The library enables you to choose between 2 different look-and-feels, Motif or
- Openlook without a need to modify the sources.
- IQ-Products calls its products viewcenter and OI class library.
- Objectworks calls its products Objectbuilder/C++ and Objectkit/OI.
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