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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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I need a GUI designer for Win32... I've been scouting google and sf.net for over an hour... Not found a thing yet Does anyone have a good sugestion? (MFC and VB don't count, I said 'GOOD'). I need it for a project done in C with straight Win32 API... Thanks. -- |
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23yrold3yrold
Member #1,134
March 2001
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MSVC++ is quite good (How is the MFC relevent?). But it ain't free, of course ... -- |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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Quote: But it ain't free, of course ... Thats the kicker... I'd use C++Builder If I could... Too expensive, and I'd have to go to lengths to get the C++ code integrated with the rest of my app. Quote: How is the MFC relevent I don't like MFC. I started learning it a couple years ago, and decided I prefer the Win32 API. Thanks -- |
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23yrold3yrold
Member #1,134
March 2001
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Quote: I don't like MFC. Neither do I, but what does that have to do with MSVC's built in dialog editor? I use it for my MinGW programs ... -- |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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Quote: Neither do I, but what does that have to do with MSVC's built in dialog editor? I thought they went hand in hand. Guess not... In case you are wondering... this: I've got my own 'layout' code (as you might have guessed...) but I'll be sooo tedious laying out a ton of config widgets and handling them... -- |
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Funklord
Member #467
June 2000
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Guess what I'm building... http://217.215.67.42/~funk/pic.png Someone said something about GUI design? let's leave that to the pros at MS =P ---------------------- Age is inversely proportional to how much drink you've had - Funklord |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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hehe... geeze man. I can do better than that, and I suck! -- |
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Funklord
Member #467
June 2000
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you can w..? now I'm sad... that was an insult. ---------------------- Age is inversely proportional to how much drink you've had - Funklord |
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DanTheKat
Member #1,990
March 2002
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Don't be sad... Just assume he was making fun of Micro$ith's GUIs and be happy!
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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Quote: now I'm sad... that was an insult.
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Funklord
Member #467
June 2000
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Anyways.. all RAD tools for windows cost mucho dinero, although there are some free limited alternatives out there. Use qt instead, it offers a much better API and GUI editor and works on platforms including win/linux/mac. kdevelop + Qt Designer are really much nicer than MSVC ---------------------- Age is inversely proportional to how much drink you've had - Funklord |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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Yeah. I've already looked into QT. I like it but It also costs much denero for windows -- |
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Funklord
Member #467
June 2000
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hmm.. yes that sux.. binary version 2.3 is the last win version which is free... ---------------------- Age is inversely proportional to how much drink you've had - Funklord |
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Niunio
Member #1,975
March 2002
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Quote: I don't like MFC Why don't you go to Pascal/Delphi?;D Well, you can use the Win32 API with Pascal and the GUI Designer is great. See the project I'm working on (at job): Great, aren't they?8-);D [edit] ----------------- |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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Actually, I will be doing later things in Delphi/Kylix but I've already put so much effort into the code, and I don't want to trash it. -- |
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Marcello
Member #1,860
January 2002
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I say you download netbeans and make your gui's in java. ;-) Marcello |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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I'm dumb!. I don't know about java... But I do have a working Delphi plugin for my file_filter program. Cool. It even adds a prefs frame to the config window! -- |
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Mars
Member #971
February 2001
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That LCC compiler for Windows includes a ressource file editor where you can click and draw your boxes. I don't know how advanced it is though. -- |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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hmmm.. last time i checked that LCC-Win32 compiler went totally comercial... I should check again. -- |
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phz
Member #620
September 2000
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It's still free, download it here: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/ The resource editor is pretty good, run their IDE 'wedit' to use it. ----- |
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sech
Member #2,271
April 2002
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Microsoft Dialog Editor is a really nice editor. I use it to create dialogs for my programs that I make with MinGW. It works great! I'm using a version for Windows 3.1 of course, but there should be a newer version at http://www.powerbasic.com/files/pub/mstools/. It saves the dialog as a .res file and the object names in a .h file. Hope you'll find it useful! "What are we going to do tonight, Bill?" |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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Cool. Thanks hmm.. Only saw an NT version, that doesn't like 98.. So good thing I have XP at home -- |
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X-G
Member #856
December 2000
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What if someone would like to, say, write the resource files from scratch rather than using an editor? Any tutorials, guides, reference lists or similar available anywhere? -- |
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Zaphos
Member #1,468
August 2001
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X-G
Member #856
December 2000
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That was a VERY precise answer for someone who has no idea what to look for exactly. Plus, MS are probably more inclined to tell you to buy MSVC++ and use that designer rather than writing your own. -- |
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