what GUI for your fortran programs?
ralf.schaa
program - specifically I think of using Java for this task, given the
platform independence. Now, I do not know Java or C/C++ and older
threads recommend a simple way by communicating through text files ...
more fancy ways seem quite elaborate via C/C++.
Has anything changed since Fortran 2003, given the C-
interoperability?
Are other languages than Java more suitable for this task? What do you
use?
Cheers
-Ralf
Arjan
gui works on Windows, linux and Mac with the same source code! I
constructed a very nice gui for my ASCII-input-file-based fortran
program. With some help from the people on comp.lang.tcl... Browse the
wiki!
Arjan
Gib Bogle
Faced with this question I decided to try the Python option, using the access to
Qt provided by PyQt. This comes with an easy-to-use program for creating a UI
with the usual widgets, called QtDesigner. My program is built as a dynamic
link library (DLL, or .so) which is loaded by Python, making the Fortran
subroutines available (those that are exposed). In my case it was very simple,
because I just need to call the subroutine that executes the program.
I chose to communicate on-the-fly model output to the GUI via sockets, which are
read at the Python end in separate threads. Currently I'm doing only simple 2D
graphics (using PyQwt), but at some point I'll probably venture into 3D graphics
using one of the Python libraries that provides OpenGL functions.
baf
dislin (dislin.de) has a nice set of gui widgets that do the job without
having to interface with a different language. Works under linux,
windows, and osx.
aerogeek
I use excel for my GUI's. Backend is fortran's dll and the GUI is VBA
based form. Though it only works for Windows!!
Arjen Markus
The Wiki Arjan is referring to is: http://wiki.tcl.tk
There are a number of ways you can use Tcl/Tk to create GUIs for
Fortran programs:
- The GUI prepares all the input for the Fortran program
- The GUI takes over the dialogue that the Fortran program normally
presents
- The GUI uses the Fortran routines directly to do the computations
- Create the GUI from within the Fortran program using the facilities
offered by Tcl/Tk.
For the first nothing special is required. For the second, the Tclers'
Wiki
provides a few examples (though they may require some help from the
Fortran
program - due to buffering the output!).
For the third (and - incomplete! - the fourth), have a look at my Ftcl
project -
http://ftcl.sf.net.
Regards,
Arjen
senhortomas
I have placed a ZIP file containing a demonstration (MENU.EXE) of a
textual user interface at the link:
http://www.corrugraphics.com/TUI/Fortran TUI.zip
You may download the file and view my demo. I would be interested in
comments regarding its utility. The code was written and compiled
with Microsoft Powerstation and uses some internal subprograms unique
to that particular compiler. Some difficulties I have had with
converting the code to CVF 6.5 can be read about on the thread How to
print Extended ASCII Characters:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.fortran/browse_thread/thread/7bce0094d9f082bd#
senhortomas
I have placed a ZIP file containing a demonstration (MENU.EXE) of a
textual user interface at the link:
http://www.corrugraphics.com/TUI/Fortran_TUI.zip
user1
>
>
> You may download the file and view my demo. I would be interested in
> comments regarding its utility. The code was written and compiled
> with Microsoft Powerstation and uses some internal subprograms unique
> to that particular compiler. Some difficulties I have had with
> converting the code to CVF 6.5 can be read about on the thread How to
> print Extended ASCII Characters:
>
Obsolete compiler and OS limits utility. For TUI work it may be more
portable to use pdcurses. It is, of course, written in C.
I stumbled onto a pdcurses module for fortran at
http://www.qimr.edu.au/davidD/Curses/testcurs.f95
albert
guis to call the dlls and display results etc. using the Free Pascal
Compiler, Lazarus Project ide.
As Gfortran and Lazarus are available for Linux, Windows and Mac, it's
a cross platform solution. Also, Lazarus is released under the LGPL
licence so it's possible to build comercial software with it.
Regards
Albert
Mark Westwood
GUI written in Java. I'll resign if I'm asked to do it again. Java
is not cross-platform, Java runs only on a JVM. If you are new to
Java I strongly suggest you do not start by trying to learn how to
interface Java with libraries (dll, so, lib .a, whatever) written in
other languages.
Regards
Mark
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Try
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development of platform independent applications
AA
ralf.schaa
guess I will play a bit with some of the suggestions made!
Cheers
-Ralf
Gib Bogle
> I went through the pain of plugging one of our Fortran codes into a
> GUI written in Java. I'll resign if I'm asked to do it again. Java
> is not cross-platform, Java runs only on a JVM. If you are new to
> Java I strongly suggest you do not start by trying to learn how to
> interface Java with libraries (dll, so, lib .a, whatever) written in
> other languages.
>
> Regards
>
> Mark
Python was pretty painless on Windows, and is probably just as easy on Linux
(I'll find out soon).
Gib