>From browsing the code it seems like a straight translation is unlikely to work all that well.. It seems like the vb code uses an embedded webbrowser to handle the handshaking with the wave site.
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Sam Osborne <[email protected]>wrote: > Ok... Well you could use wxWidgets to do the GUI for C++, instead of > something like GTK.. It may mean learning a new thing on top of C++, but > then you won't need some GUI maker thingy for every OS.. Linux just needs to > install wxWidgets, not sure about Mac, but Windows works fine. > > Ok.. I'll have a look at the code.. Same link as before? > > All my code was (and some still is) pretty scruffy.. It can't be that bad! > > Seeing as I'm TRYING (I may fail :( ) to translate the code almost > directly, it may be pretty simple to find out which code means what, > espcecially if (once I've translated it all) if I match the line numbers up. > > For example: > VB.net code: > Line 1: msgbox("Hello") > C++ code: > Line 1: cout << "Hello"; > Alternate C++ Code (there's another bit of code that does exactly the same > thing > Line 1: printf("Hello"); > > Although you may not be able to compile it, you can sure Test For Bugs, > rather than Bug Fix, and then just tell us some bugs.. If you're working > your way through the simple stuff in that pdf, you may even be able to fix > some of them.. > > 2009/10/15 Oliver Baker <[email protected]> > > The Source of Version 2 has been uploaded to Google Code, remember that I >> rushed this a little and the code is very scruffy (readable) since I really >> wasn't expecting to get this much support for the project. >> If this is going to be coded now in C++ this has been put on hold. >> >> (There is a slightly more cleaner version of the code with less bugs but I >> wanted to put up the code used in the latest version thats been released.) >> >> Don't complain about this programs source, If I was to release this in >> vb.net with the API when it comes out this would be re - written to >> proper standards. >> >> Thanks, >> Oliver Baker >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Joe Developer <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 3:20 AM, Oliver Baker <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thats all very good, however I have to make sure I find people that I >>>> know will not suddenly ditch the application halfway through, leaving me >>>> dead in the water. (I am not saying that you would do it, its happened to >>>> me >>>> before) >>> >>> Experience can never be taken from you. >>> >>>> >>>> I suppose we can move into C++, but we are going to have to find >>>> somebody who can program the GUI's for C++ Applications. >>>> >>> I don't know why anyone would code the gui in C++ I think you would find >>> the gui more portable and easier to manage using something like gtk+ and >>> whatever makes sense for the 'backend' be it c++ or python or * >>> http://www.gtk.org/screenshots.html >>> >>> >>>> I will put up all the current plans for this application on >>>> the Specified Wave and we can start figuring out who's gonna do what. >>>> >>>> It strikes me as very likely that the linux/mac version will be a small >>> shell script that gets called from something like conky now and then. >>> >>> >>>> It will be interesting to see how this all progresses. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Oliver Baker >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Wave API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-wave-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
