From: fogartys@aol.com (Fogartys)
Subject: ObjectAda Libraries
Date: 1997/10/31
Date: 1997-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19971031212700.QAA03641@ladder02.news.aol.com> (raw)
I've just purchase ObjectAda Personal Edition and sent in my registration
card, but it will probably still be a week or so before I'm eligable for the
ObjectAda mailing list or my 30 day window of Aonix telephone support. In the
meantime, I'm hopefull that experienced ObjectAda users might point me in the
right direction in taking advantage of ObjectAda's built-in libraries.
For example, even though it's not a required element of the language, I
would expect there to be a library package named perhaps, TRIG_FUNCTIONS, that
I could "with" into my program and then use cosine, sine, etc. If such
libraries are not included it's not the end of the world; I can write my own.
All the same, I'd be dismayed that a $245 commercial compiler would come
without such basic functions.
Also, although I didn't get the more expensive professional edition that
includes the GUI (Graphic User Interface) Builder, my understanding was that I
could still build GUI's in the personal edition by typing in all the code by
hand. Yet in the help features and courseware I have not found any hint of
packages that I could "with" into my program to create even simple buttons or
do basic pixel manipulation within a window.
Perhaps I am missing something obvious. After all, all my previous Ada
programming experience (which includes built-from-scratch GUI programming) has
been in DOS. For that reason, if anyone can recommend a textbook that has
been particularly helpful in making the transition between DOS and Windows
programming, that also would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
John Fogarty
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-10-31 0:00 Fogartys [this message]
1997-11-01 0:00 ` Aionx Survey (was ObjectAda Libraries) Robert B. Love
1997-11-02 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1997-11-01 0:00 ` ObjectAda Libraries Jerry van Dijk
1997-11-01 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1997-11-01 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1997-11-01 0:00 ` Fogartys
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