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From: Ade Vickers <nospam@ttoolsbase.com>
Subject: Ada and WIMPs
Date: 2000/03/06
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Hi,

I'm a bit new to Ada here, having not used it at all for the last 8
years; and then only as part of an undergraduate course, so I've still
got a lot of learning to do...

However, I'd like to take the plunge and write apps for a variety of
windowing systems - particularly WinNT and KDE (under Linux).

However....

Whilst I have found the Win32Ada bindings, these seem to require an
in-depth knowledge of Windows which I just don't have. I can't find
anything suitable for KDE.

I suppose, being a VB programmer, what I'm really looking for is a
screen painter for Ada, which will generate the low-level code, which
will compile to the specified target (e.g. Win32, KDE, X, etc.). One
question, therefore, is does - could - anything exist that meets that
requirement?

Also, as a side issue, do standardised librarys exist to allow me to
access database servers such as Sybase or Oracle?


Thanks for any info, it is much appreciated!
-- 
Cheers,
Ade.

If at first you fail, cheat. Repeat until caught, then lie.