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- From: boggs@a.cs.okstate.edu (BOGGS RICHARD GRAN)
- Subject: Re: Seeking Text User Interface Library
- References: <duong-070193150757@146.154.25.54>
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.181744.21330@a.cs.okstate.edu>
- Organization: Oklahoma State University, Computer Science, Stillwater
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 18:17:44 GMT
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- In article <duong-070193150757@146.154.25.54> duong@ial4.jsc.nasa.gov (Phong Duong) writes:
- >Please no yelling if I've posted to the wrong group. I am looking for some
- >good shareware C libraries:
- >
- > * a library to help me do data entry, pop-up and pull-down windows,
- > (mostly user interface stuffs) in VGA text mode.
-
- I have been using VLIB 4.x for sometime now. It's from Pathfinder Associates
- and runs around $150 with source code, tech support, and free updates. It does
- all kinds of windowing, popups, dropdowns, form entries, lists, popsideways.
- Basically anything (and more) you'd need for a good text GUI. I highly recom-
- mend it. "VLIB 4.x the user interface library for C".
-
- > * a library for B-tree data manipulation, and
-
- I have recently purchased MIX Software's C/Database Toolchest Library. It
- included comprehensive B-Tree and ISAM implementations all for $29.95 (I think).
- They boast a manual of 350+ pages. True, it has that many, but the manual is
- really oriented towards beginning level programmers. But you can cut through
- to the chase and just flip through the reference sections (which are great) to
- get to the meat of the thing. Source code is available for $10 more.
-
- One gripe I had about MIX's product was that they only supply the medium library
- model (whereas VLIB supplies all library models)! I suppose that is to encour-
- age you to purchase their source code...
-
- I also understand that there is a shareware package on wuarchive.wustl.edu in
- the database area (I think) called BTREE11. Don't quote me on the name, but it
- is on the site. It's a B+ Tree implementation that I have used in the past
- for a project. I tried contacting it's authors, but the number is out of
- existance and the package is several years old. But it works just fine! Source
- code is included.
-
-
- > * a linked-list library
-
- Write you own or use Borlands...
- --
- Grant Boggs
- boggs@a.cs.okstate.edu
- Oklahoma State University
- Stillwater, Oklahoma
-