User Interface Libraries for C programs
Jim Colten
homegrown screen driver with a modern, commercially available user interface
library.
This is a MSDOS application, no MS Windows involvement (yet).
Three names have been mentioned:
CSCAPE
Zinc Interface Library
Vermont Views?
Our needs are pretty standard:
windows (pop-up and pull down)
scrollable lists
cursor positioning and position sensing
editing of text, numeric and date/time fields
data entry function
color and hilite control
Target systems include the entire line of IBM PC's and clones, with all of the
commonly used displays.
We are interested in hearing about things like:
size of executables
performance
reliability
ease of use (developer and user)
variety of function
marc adler
> I will be re-writing a good sized C program and need to replace a 9 year old
> homegrown screen driver with a modern, commercially available user interface
> library.
>
> This is a MSDOS application, no MS Windows involvement (yet).
>
> Three names have been mentioned:
>
> CSCAPE
> Zinc Interface Library
> Vermont Views?
>
> Our needs are pretty standard:
>
> windows (pop-up and pull down)
> scrollable lists
> cursor positioning and position sensing
> editing of text, numeric and date/time fields
> data entry function
> color and hilite control
>
> Target systems include the entire line of IBM PC's and clones, with all of th
> commonly used displays.
>
> We are interested in hearing about things like:
>
> size of executables
> performance
> reliability
> ease of use (developer and user)
> variety of function
>
>
Hello Jim -
You might want to log onto the Magma Systems BBS at (201) 912-0668
(2400/1200 baud, N-8-1). We have a text mode window library called MEWEL
which gives you the same kind of SAA/CUA look and feel that you can find in
programs like PC Tools, Norton Utils, etc. In addition, the API of MEWEL is
compatible with the Windows 3.0 API, so in many cases, all you have to do to
get a Windows program from a MEWEL program is recompile and relink.
We also have a conference on BIX (join magma) and one on CompuServe (go
PCVEND).
If you have any questions, our voice line is (201) 912-0192.
Thanks.
-marc adler
Joe Huffman
>I will be re-writing a good sized C program and need to replace a 9 year old
>homegrown screen driver with a modern, commercially available user interface
>library.
You might also talk to Autumn Hill Software. They have a demo program that
looks very nice...
Autumn Hill Software Incorporated
1145 Ithaca Drive
Boulder, CO 80303
Voice: 303-494-8865
FAX: 303-494-7802
BBS: 303-494-8868
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Todd Merriman
>Three names have been mentioned:
>
> CSCAPE
> Zinc Interface Library
> Vermont Views?
Also consider Vitamin C. It has been around for quite some time
and is available for OS/2, MSDOS, Unix, and VMS.
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Michael L. Kaufman
>Also consider Vitamin C. It has been around for quite some time
>and is available for OS/2, MSDOS, Unix, and VMS.
I recomend that you use almost anything before you use Vitamin C for the
following reasons:
1) They are lousy about fixing bugs. I used two mayor releases of the software,
and many of the bugs that I reported from the first release were still in the
second release.
2) Their product is not very stable. I had them send me the demo of the new
verson, and it was fairly easy to crash.
3) Vitamin C is just not that special. There are freebie libraries (d-Flat)
and shareware ones (TCXL) that are cheaper and have better funcionality.
4) Finally, their customer support is the worst I ever experienced. They
had a bunch of delays (6 months or so) shipping the new version, and rather
then just admit to the delays, they on three different occasions told me that
they had already shipped me the package. Finally I just told them to cancel
my order.
Michael
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Andy Wardley
>>Three names have been mentioned:
>>
>> CSCAPE
>> Zinc Interface Library
>> Vermont Views?
>
people made about it. I posted it a few days back to comp.lang.c++, but if
you can't find it any more, I'll mail it to you. If enough people want it
then I'll post it up here. It sounded good to me, so I bought it. The
graphics side is very good, but I think they didn't worry so much about
the text side. A little hacking can get it up to scratch but it may be
a little daunting for the novice C++ programmer.
Cheers
Andy
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