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=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=AXB_XMAILER_MIMEOLE_OL_024C2, BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,db8d6ab83ae5880b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-12 04:55:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "David C. Hoos" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada GUI for Windows and Linux Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 06:54:51 -0500 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1031831703 5797 137.194.161.2 (12 Sep 2002 11:55:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:55:03 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Original-Cc: lhota.adarose@verizon.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28856 Date: 2002-09-12T06:54:51-05:00 I'm somewhat surprised that (apparently) no one has suggested RAPID, a tcl/tk-based GUI-constructing system, developet by Dr. Matin Calisle, et al., at the Air Force Academy. Here is a link: ftp://ftp.usafa.af.mil/pub/dfcs/carlisle/usafa/rapid/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank J. Lhota" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada To: Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 11:48 AM Subject: Ada GUI for Windows and Linux > My company is doing maintenance work on a very large Ada program that has > been ported to NT. Currently, we are using the ObjectAda compiler. Our > client is very interested in adding a GUI to this program. This could be > done a number of ways. A thin binding for Win32 comes with ObjectAda > (win32ada). R&R (the JanusAda people) provide a thicker binding (Claw) to > the Win32 API. > > We need to be careful as to how to approach this, however, for our client > has also expressed an interest in porting this program to Linux. It would > therefore be foolish to implement the GUI stuff in a highly Win32-specific > fashion. > > The Claw library provides a clean interface to the windows GUI facilities, > and is available for all the NT-based compilers, including ObjectAda. To my > knowledge, however, there is no Linux port of Claw, and without such a port, > this will not help us make the transition to Linux. > > The GtkAda library does provide a GUI interface for both Windows and Linux, > and would allow us to code the GUI for both OS's. The only problem is that > AFAIK there is not an ObjectAda version of GtkAda, so we would have to > rehost a lot of code to GNAT, as well as requiring that some fellow > contractors to convert their work to GNAT. It is doable, but painful and > politically unpopular. > > The XML / GUI solution sounds great, but we need a solution that exists now. > > How would you recommend we approach this? Is there a Linux port of Claw? An > ObjectAda version of GtkAda? Or is there some other solution that would > allow us to add a GUI to the windows version of this program that could > easily moved to Linux? > > Thanks in advance for any help you could provide in this matter. > > > > _______________________________________________ > comp.lang.ada mailing list > comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org > http://ada.eu.org/mailman/listinfo/comp.lang.ada >