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  4. From: lap@sol.asl.hitachi.com (Larry Pearlstein)
  5. Subject: Seeking portable GUI API
  6. Message-ID: <1992Sep15.170308.11044@sol.asl.hitachi.com>
  7. Keywords: API,XVT,portable,GUI
  8. Sender: news@sol.asl.hitachi.com
  9. Nntp-Posting-Host: jcory
  10. Reply-To: 73220.3522@CompuServe.COM
  11. Organization: Synergis Tech
  12. Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 17:03:08 GMT
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  14.  
  15. I'm posting this for a friend, so please reply to the address at the bottom:
  16.  
  17. I'd like a single C language API to develop GUI's across a number of
  18. platforms, including Windows, Motif, Open Look, OS/2, and DOS Graphics.
  19.  
  20. I know of a couple of toolkits that come close.
  21.  
  22. XVT from XVT Corp.
  23. Lots of platforms except NOT DOS Graphics.
  24.  
  25. Wndx from Wndx Corp.
  26. Does everything I need including DOS graphics.  Anyone have any positive
  27. or negative experience with this product?
  28.  
  29. I know there are also C++ class libraries from Zinc and Glockenspiel for
  30. cross GUI development.  But I have an existing code base and knowledge
  31. base in C and don't know if the investment in C++ will be practical.
  32.  
  33. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
  34.  
  35. Thanks,
  36.  
  37. Bill Stamp
  38. 73220.3522@CompuServe.COM
  39.