Re: [Plib-users] Open/Save AS Dialog

[Dave M. <dp...@ef...>]

> I'm currently starting a project with OpenGL and I'm looking for a UI
> system.  The one crucial component that I need is an 'open as /save as'
> dialog.  From what I've read, PUI only does simple dialogs, like yes/no
> dialogs.  Is this the case?

PUI http://plib.sourceforge.net/pui/index.html is the interface system in
PLIB.  if you look at plib's viewer example in examples/src/ssg/viewer,
you'll see it has an open dialog.  i think you could build a save_as dialog
using PUI without too much trouble.  PUI is very simple but fits in well
with the GLUT callbacks.

> And if it doesn't, can anybody point me to a package that does provide
this
> widget?
>
> Or is there an existing solution already with GLUT?

GLUT includes MUI but you shouldn't use that.
http://web2.airmail.net/sjbaker1/mui_pui_glui.html  Instead, if you need
something more powerful than PUI, use GLUI
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~rademach/glui/.

There are other OpenGL based interface toolkits, but PUI and GLUI are good
bets.  PPE uses FLTK http://www.fltk.org/ and GLOW
http://glow.sourceforge.net/ looks interesting but I don't know much about
it.

Good luck,
--Dave McClurg