Re: Motif Bindings

[paloverde!hines@lanl.gov (Donn Hines)]

In article LG5@plato.ds.boeing.com, dano@dogfish.boeing.com (Dan Olson) writes:
>Question 1: Are bindings available to build Motif interfaces?
>
>Question 2: How are callbacks done without pointer to functions
>            (assuming that bindings do exist)?
>
>
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Hello,

Dan, email bounced, so I'm posting the recent responses I received on the subje
ct,
figuring it is of general enough interest to warrant a post.

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In comp.lang.ada you write:

>In article 5Bv@speedy.cci.de, peek@speedy.cci.de (Ruth Peek) writes:
>>
>>Ada and OSF/Motif
>>=================
>>
>>I am looking for an interface builder which supports the development of
>>OSF/Motif graphical user interfaces, written in Ada. I know the
>>product "ixbuild", but it produces C-code. Does anyone know about
>>interface builders which produce Ada code? Does anyone have experience
>>of using these interface builders?
>>
>	

>I too am interested in such! Pleas post if you have info.

>-donn hines     los alamos national laboratory

You should be aware of our products UIL/Ada and Ada/Motif which are a solid
and very standardized GUI development kit for Ada and which integrate with
most of the commercial GUI builder programs.  Contact me at any time for
details.

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>Dear Mr. Hines,
>        EVB Software Engineering, Inc. markets a product called GRAMMI
>which is a graphical user interface builder that creates Ada code.  It uses
>motif compliant widget sets.  I've enclosed some data from a spec. sheet
>below, and would like to mail you some information and references on the
>product if you could provide me with your paper-mail address. 
>If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-695-6960.  My e-mail
>address is debi@evb.com
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Debra Dunbar
>Director of Sales and Marketing
>EVB Software Engineering, Inc.
>
>________________
>Technical Overview of GRAMMIT
>
>General Description
>
>GRAMMI (Generated Reusable Ada Modifiable Machine Interface) is an
>interactive interface construction tool for use with Ada programs. Written
>in Ada, GRAMMI uses the MIT X Window SystemT to produce graphical user
>interface software written in Ada with a Motif style. It employs a point
>and click construction style for specifying the appearance of an
>application screen. GRAMMI can be used both to prototype an application's
>user interface and to generate the implementing Ada source code for
>incorporation into the deliverable system.
>
>The usage paradigm for the construction of an application interface using
>GRAMMI involves a user (i.e., a software developer) interactively composing
>display screens employing elements from the GRAMMI Graphical Component 
>Library (GCL), tailoring them, and positioning them on the screen.
>Once a screen has been composed, it can itself be stored in the GCL,
>expanded into source code for use by the application, or both. The
>aggregate of software that GRAMMI supplies to an application is referred to
>as the user interface software. The combination of user interface software
>and application software is loaded into the target system, and the operator
>(i.e., the customer who uses the application) communicates with the
>application through the screens which were composed by the user.
>
>The major component of the GRAMMI system is the User Interface Editor (UIE)
>which is used to compose application screens interactively employing a
>powerful graphics editor. It provides access to the library of graphical
>components through standard palettes. The GCL objects may be screen objects
>or full screen descriptions. A screen object is the lowest level building
>block for composing a screen. It comprises a visual appearance as well as
>associated behavior. For example, a button is a screen object that might
>have a square appearance and will "depress" when clicked. Screen objects
>may also be composed using other screen objects and encapsulating their
>behavior within a single composite screen object.
>
>A screen description is an internal description that is utilized by the UIE
>to display and record a particular full screen image. The user constructs a
>display screen by interactively moving screen objects into the desired
>positions. Once satisfied with the appearance of a screen, the user may
>store a description of the screen back into the library. It may be recalled
>later for further updating or for use in other applications. Once a set of
>screens has been developed for an application, the Graphical Component 
>Interface Generator (GCIG) is used to convert a screen description or a set
>of screen descriptions into user interface software. The Applications
>Binder can then be used to combine this software with the application code
>to produce the target system software. The user interface software that is
>generated by GRAMMI and loaded into the target system is referred to as the
>GRAMMI Application Environment (GAE). The operator communicates with the
>application through the GAE.
>Additionally, the UIE may be extended by developing new objects (basic and
>composite) and installing them in the Graphical Component Library for use
>in composing screens. The GRAMMI system can thus be tailored for each new
>project.
>
>Benefits
>
>GRAMMI use results in reduced development time. By using a point and click
>construction style and composing screens at a higher conceptual level than
>hand coding, display screens can be built and modified far more easily.
>Other important benefits include:
>o       High level of Ada compatibility
>o       Fewer lines of source code to maintain
>o       Modification of screen attributes without recompiling
>o       Reusability
>o       Support for evolutionary prototypes
>o       Support for rapid prototyping
>o       Support for standard "look and feel" across multiple applications
>and           
>        systems
>o       User interface style enforcement
>
>Features
>o       The User Interface Editor provides:
>o       error message display area
>o       interactive window placement
>o       object palette for browsing available screen objects
>o       pallet objects and their ordering are user-editable
>o       pop-up attribute selection form for tailoring specific objects
>o       window and object duplication function
>o       Applications can utilize:
>o       automatic logging of errors
>o       automatic, overrideable exception handling
>o       fixed tiled window layout
>o       Motif Window manager
>o       Graphical components provided in the GCL  include:
>o       basic components such as:
>                label boxes     knobs
>                buttons pop-up menus
>                checkboxes      pull-down menus
>                dialog boxes    radio buttons
>                floating point fields   sliders
>                icons   text fields
>                integer fields  container fields
>o       composite components such as:
>                digital steps   graphical data plots
>                digital tuners  resource managers
>                forms   spectral display units
>                geographical maps       tables
>
>HOST Requirements
>GRAMMI is available for the following environments. It requires the
>indicated Ada compiler and operating system versions or later.
>        Hardware                Operating System        Compiler
>
>        Sun 4 (SPARC)           SunOS 4.1.1             Verdix 6.0
>        Silicon Graphics        IRIX 4.0                SGI Ada 3.1
>        HP 9000 Series 360/370  HP-UX                   HP/Alsys 4.3
>
>
>For further information, call 1-800-grammi-1
>
>GRAMMI is a trademark of ESL, Inc.  X Window System is a trademark of the
>Massachusetts Institute of Technology. HP-UX is a trademark of the Hewlett
>Packard Company.
>
>
>Debbie Dunbar                    
>Marketing/Sales Administration
>debi@evb.com

Debbie Dunbar                    
Marketing/Sales Administration
debi@evb.com