Re: GNAT for MS Visual Studio

[Michael Bode <m.g.bode@web.de>]

Markus E L
<development-2006-8ecbb5cc8aREMOVETHIS@ANDTHATm-e-leypold.de> writes:

> I'd like to press my point: Have you ever seriously considered not
> using a GUI builder but building a GUI "by hand", just instantiating
> and inserting the widget where needed?

I did that in my first GtkAda programs just to learn how things work
and then started to use Glade. It saves me much stupid typing.

> Furthermore it provides opportunities too, because if highly
> dynamic GUIs are required (e.g. Widgets being replaced or removed
> dependent on the state of the program or editing process), GUI
> builders can't provide that

You can easily combine both methods by designing the static components
of the GUI with the builder and leaving space where you can insert the
dynamic components programmatically. 

I find it rather difficult to imagine the layout of a window just
from reading code. 

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