Re: Wanted: User Interface tools recommendations

[cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!ajpo.sei.cmu.edu!goodsenj@ucbvax.Berk eley.EDU (John Goodsen)]

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>>I am looking for recommendations on user interface tools especially those wit
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>>Ada interfaces. I have the following suggestions already:
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>>TAE+ : A NASA developed and owned tool.
>>SAMMII : A tool developed by SSI in support of the Space Station Program.
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>Builder Xcessory: by IXI.  IMHO the best interface tool available.  The most
>    recent release uses a UIL to Ada translator from SERC to generate Ada.
>    Works like a charm.

Should the SERC translator work with *Any* builder which spits out UIL
and not just BX?

>GRAMMI: developed by ??? under Govt. contract. Being marketed by EVB,
>    the people who do the GRACE components. Reimplements some of the
>    Motif widgets in Ada. Does not use the Motif code at all.  Very few
>    users.

Very few users because it is just being released in Beta form as we speak...
Some big pluses for not using Motif code... Look at the Motif bug lists
for starters...  Think about Ada tasking issues as a followup.  
GRAMMI is completely Ada tasking safe - no reentrancy problems and no
blocking of application tasks...

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>Screen Machine: by OIS. Best pure Ada support. 
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                         ahem....


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>TeleUse: by Telesoft.  The most recent (or maybe next) release can
>    generate Ada. Depends on D, a proprietary language. Good tool.
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TeleUSE blows every other C builder on the market away, hands down.
I`ve *SERIOUSLY* used all of them, including BX.  
TeleUSE D is a plus, not a minus.  They ship the run-time source so
you can port to any machine you desire...
You can generate UIL from TeleUSE, similar to all other C builders.