Re: GUI Builder

[Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>]

In article <393047b0.0@news.pacifier.com>,
  "DuckE" <nospam_steved@pacifier.com> wrote:
> What I want?
>
> Start with GLADE and GtkAda on Win32.
>
> Make every dialog box in the GUI builder environment work.
>
> Make every component in the GUI builder environment work.
>
> Don't require a console window to be running in the background
while my GUI
> app runs.
>
> Don't let the GUI builder crash while I'm designing screens.
>
> Get rid of the console window in the background of the GUI
builder while I'm
> designing my interface.
>
> Give the ability to modify the GUI after generating the code
and
> automatically merge my existing code with the changes.
>
> Do I really need to send this list to someone?  I thought it
was obvious.


First of all, I think you will find it makes more sense NOT
to use the Windows version of GtkAda to explore this technology
initially, since, as documented, the Windows version is very
much in beta test stage.

Second, what is interesting is to separate your problems that
come from general Windows instability (as usual we can thank
Bill for subtle incompatibilities that make the Windows
environment by far the most difficult to deal with), from those
that are basic design issues.

Note that the NT version is improving rapidly week by week,
so to the extent your comments are on stability, you are right,
they are not helpful. But reading the above list, it seems that
some of these may indeed be design suggestions. If so, write
them up carefully, with suggested improvements and send them
to the GtkAda authors.

Just so people know, two of the three GtkAda authors work full
time for ACT-Europe (Arnaud Charlet and Emmanuel
Briot), and Ada Core Technologies is fully committed to
developing and improving this technology, so it is very
much worth while to send suggestions into report@gnat.com.

Robert Dewar
Ada Core Technologies


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