> and SpecPerl is a cool forms builder everyone ought to look at.
I was not impressed with SpecPerl. I could never get it to place widgets
right where I wanted them. You had to understand how to manipulate the
allocation rectangles which I found very hard to do.
David Hiltz
> Phil Larson
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Hiltz
> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 1:54 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [perl-win32-gui] Options and Checkboxes
> >
> >
> >
> > > I'm a relative newbie to Win32::GUI. I've hacked my way through
> > most of examples
> > > to get almost everything I need, but I'm now hitting a brick
> > wall trying to
> > > figure out checkboxes. Does anyone know where I can find
> > reference to %options
> > > that is scattered throughout the documentation, as I think this
> > is all I need.
> > >
> > > Win32::GUI is excellent, especially for a beta. I've tried out
> > Tk as well, but I
> > > prefer the flexibilty of Win32::GUI.
> >
> > I think Tk/Perl is just as flexable if not more than Win32:GUI and it's
> > well documented. The reason I'm using Win32::GUI is that I like the
> > native look of Windows more than X-Windows. Microsoft did a nice job
> > designing the GUI in Windows. Also, my users are comfortable
> > with Windows
> > widgets and introducting an Xwindows lookandfeel would only
> > confused them.
> >
> > That's my reasons.
> >
> > -----------
> > David Hiltz
> > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Unix System and Network Administrator
> > Northeast Fisheries Science Center
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> >
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