Re: [VB4Linux-Dev] GUI Development

[Martino S. <ms...@ti...>]

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From: "Abhijit Paithankar" <abh...@ma...>
To: <vb4...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: [VB4Linux-Dev] GUI Development


> ok my SF Unix name is: ab_p
>
> hey man...before we start off, we need the requirement specifications
> document for the project it is important.
> Also, we need to clearly define the architecture and figure out the
> modules so that they can be worked upon individually by different
> programmers.
> Since GNOME and KDE can co-exist, GNOME-version and KDE-version would not
> be necessary. We would use the basic Gtk+ library. For that matter, Glade
> would be fine but, then you have to decide if it provides sufficient
> degree of control.
>
> Also, it would be great if we could separate the back end engine from the
> front end GUI again for modularity.
> we could actually develop the front end and the back end separately.
> We can then integrate them together.

We can do a command line tool called from the VBIDE that reinterprets the
BASIC syntax to C, like gjc or similiar.

But another problem is in my mind: the OCX support. How we can implement the
OCX linkage?
I was thinking to an open library like the VCL for Delphi.