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From: Al Christians <achrist@easystreet.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada + MSDOS + User Interface Code?
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 17:52:33 -0800
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There is a way to access the MSDOS video buffer from the GNAT version
of DOS.  So, if you want to write your own library to put things on the
screen, it is not too impossibly hard, just a little work.  The problem
nowadays with a simple text-mode GUI like that is that it is not mouse
aware, and almost all computers have mouses, and almost all users want
to use them.  That motivated me to abandon a similar effort about seven
years ago just a little beyond the proof-of-concept stage.  Even the
more successful (non-Ada) DOS text-mode GUI's that could use the mouse 
were often user-unpleasant.

Al

Ashley Collins wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I'm running GNAT Ada under MSDOS.  I'd like to build a very simple
> 'graphical' user interface for my application.  The type of interface should
> support the ANSI character set so that I can display non-movable windows,
> scrollers etc.
> 
> Does anyone know of any good user interface library code that works under
> MSDOS?  Anyone care to make a recommendation?  Where can I find it?
> 
> Ashley