From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,ffe4fb1477fe67e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 23:07:45 -0500 From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Newbie Needs Ada Advice References: <1178212418.538270.283700@c35g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 23:07:45 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.6.140.189 X-Trace: sv3-4jf2gF74HHlk/LsSADeOMx9tUsOWnjKWAt10QEFpB/+IDUf6Cbt8zqX8K5HSpczl+aDVhvc6urJ5bIX!slbccvyePn+Tth4F/T5LCRhW0FIwopt0bCEb3nvOI9yKd9uVTzWmkkshqM7lblMIaLbiOtp35Dwb!tyNuYtS+L5/s7o5X0upt6K69CrxG X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.34 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15490 Date: 2007-05-03T23:07:45-05:00 List-Id: > programs with GUIs? Do you use the gdk toolkit primarily? Also, the > ... > application I eventually have in mind is for automated control of a > microscope, so I need to be able to interface with drivers/serial > ports/firewire/etc. Do you have any advice for me to help me along? Take a look at CLAW (Class Library for Ada and Windows). There's a TriAda paper on the design considerations and, for the basic version, $0 source available at www.rrsoftware.com (Disclosure: I helped write it.) A microscope doesn't sound like it would have severe timing requirements. I control my home X10 system with an Ada program using the serial port with regular Windows calls.