Hi Pritpal,
We're very far from having any GUI in core right
now, so I'd suggest to plan and discuss before
making any moves.
GUI, if ever implemented in Harbour core, should
be _multiplatform_. This is not a very trivial
goal and in fact no one got it right so far. So,
I'd suggest to concentrate on things which are
improving Harbour on all platforms this time.
Or, there is always a space to add _anything_,
even platform specific things to _contrib_.
For a start, we have hbwhat32, which has lots of
unfinished parts and possible problems, memory
corruption, GPFs and so on, so I'd think it would
be great to enhance the quality of this lib, to
make it possible to take full advantage of Win32
API, for all those apps that want to do this.
Brdgs,
Viktor
On 2008.06.12., at 23:14, Pritpal Bedi wrote:
Hello Viktor
<<<
As a first step I would personally add (~move from CT)
window support to core. I'm for example relying on
a custom written windowing system, so I cannot use the
CT one as is. Admittedly this is a rare thing, but
having windowing capabilities in core GT would be good
for everyone I guess.
This is what I am emphasizing since long and has also shown the
prototype and necessary changes in the GT core. But without
any takers... :-((.
<<<
Having window support in core could create the bed
for natively windowing GTs (like GTWVW). From this
point on, the actual presentation could be changed to
more and more graphical.
A lot more can be added than we can think at this time, believe me.
<<<
BTW, there is GUI in XBase++ too, but it looks very
very "alien" even in Windows... for sure it doesn't
look professional.
I had worked on Xbase++ few years back and gave up beacause
of its message dispatching bugs and huge dll over baggage. I was
able to do with its console windows what I did in GTWVG. I had
posted messages on NGs to that effect. Also I was able to modify
its Get Syatem to suit to multi-window consoles. I attained a good
success but left inbetween because their message dispatching
was giving me the nightmares. Appln was handing at odd times.
For sure Xbase++'s MT modal is superb. I still feel the punch of it
not having it into [x]Harbour. I agree with you its GUI is very basic.
I have written few classes confirming to Xbase++ syntax for GUI
parts, e.g., xbpTreeView(), xbpPushButton(), xbpStatic() etc.
If we intend to go towards GUI, may be separate off GT core
or along with it, I can submit its basic code.
Regards
Pritpal Bedi
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