Re: [VB4Linux-Dev] GUI Development

[Massimiliano M. <mas...@so...>]

Hi!

> for the VB *.chm files, if you guys could wait till monday, I could have
> those files up by then.
> Mike, I think I would need the admin rights to do the needful...(or do I?)

Exactly, what are the *.chm files?

>
> I found out some more info about the GUI Development:
>
> If you want something that will work on all X-servers, you are better
> off using just Xlib and XT and not using any widget set at all. This
> will ensure that your applicatoin will work on any X-server. However,
> this involoves a lot of programming even for small things like buttons,
> menus, and diaglog boxes, etc. that we generally take for granted when
> we use a widget set.
>

Yes. The Xlib giveus some simple directive to build widgets.

Using it, its too long, and too difficult to make widgets more fine than GTK
or QT.

> If you would like to be able to use your application under all
> distributions under linux, then you should program using GTK, there is a
> tutorial at gtk.org and a book in the market.

An Oreilly book... GNOME/GTK.

I've read the tutorial, is not so difficult to learn.

> Glade is very useful once you understand the code that is required to be
> written in GTK, since you need to add to the code automatically
> generated by Glade. Once you understand basic GTK concepts, Glade makes
> UI development very easy.

The basic concept of the GTK widgets is simple. All is based on the
gtk_container();

Is our application fulluycompatible with vb6or later?
For me I must learn all the file specificatiions (frx, vbp, frm, basmodules)
:))))

The MSOffice implementation? We treat it as OCX?

We can integrate with some LinuxOffice as well SUNSoffice, koffice, ecc...

Thinking thatGTK Pure is for us.

And all the gtk portings.