Re: Ada and WIMPs

[Gary Scott <Gary.L.Scott@lmtas.lmco.com>]

There is an excellent cross-platform graphics package for Win32, OpenVMS,
and UNIX/Linux from Bradly Associates that comes with Fortran 77, Fortran
95, and C bindings (none Ada specific).  The Fortran 77 bindings are
extremely easy to use and interfaces could be easily translated to Ada
(only trouble would be "hidden" arguments for strings).  The Fortran 95
and C bindings are simpler than Win32 (and obviously a subset), but do not
gain you much in functionality for the added interface complexity.  If
your compiler can use/specify CDECL or STDCALL, they probably have
something of interest.  It is somewhat costly, but probably is the best
such package that exists.

http://www.bradassoc.co.uk

Ade Vickers wrote:

> 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.
>
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