Re: [VB4Linux-Dev] GUI Development

[Luke-Jr <Mi...@an...>]

CHM are Micro$oft HTML Help files...

Massimiliano Masi wrote:

> 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.
>
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