FLTK

[DenesL]

Hi

Has anyone tried to create a ring wrapper for FLTK ?

Would it require the Visual C compiler or could it be created with gcc/g++ ?

AFAIK VC is not free.

Thanks,

Denes

[Ilir]

Hello Denes,

many years ago, I tried FLTK. It was interesting (lightweight), but missing native look and feel, something wxWidgets have. But why another GUI? What about Qt and Qt light we have?

You don't need VC, VSCode (or any other IDE) + cl (build tools) compiler are way to go.

Greetings,

Ilir

[Mahmoud Fayed]

Hello

In this project: https://github.com/theratioproject/simple

They created a language called simple (no longer under development)

This language is based on the source code of the Ring language

One of their goals was supporting FLTK and using it instead of Qt

They have the source code here: https://github.com/theratioproject/simple/tree/master/modules/dynamic_modules/fulltick

So In theory, it can be done (In general a don't see a problem in supporting any library written in C or C++, It just need time and experience with these languages + knowledge about Ring API)

>> " Would it require the Visual C compiler or could it be created with gcc/g++ ?"

We can use extensions developed using gcc/g++

If I remember correctly, RingQt itself did that in the past

Greetings,

Mahmoud

[DenesL]

Hi Ilir

Thanks for the info. I agree that FLTK is not the best looking and that wxwidgets would work too.

I might have misunderstood the Qt licensing, it seems that under LGPL3 your app doesn't have to be open source.

Regards,

Denes

[DenesL]

Hi Mahmoud,

Thanks for your reply and the info.

Regards,

Denes

[Mahmoud Fayed]

Hello DenesL

>> "Thanks for your reply and the info."

You are welcome :D

Greetings,

Mahmoud

[DenesL]

Hi again

After installing the build tools that Ilir referenced I tried the Hello World example from section 93.1 in the manual (buildvc.bat) but it does not find neither cl nor link. Being a newbie with this I need some hand-holding. Any hints would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Denes

On Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 12:55:11 PM UTC-5 Ilir wrote:

[Ilir]

Hello Denes,

you should see Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022 installed in your programs (Start menu). From there, you can find cl requirements, usually done by

call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools\vcbuildtools.bat" x86 (Ring uses 32 bit build on Windows)

Greetings,

Ilir

[DenesL]

Thank you Ilir, that worked perfectly

Regards,

Denes.

[Ilir]

Hello Denes,

You're Welcome.

Greetings,

Ilir

[CalmoSoft]

Hello Denes,

Which country are you from, because the Dénes is Hungarian first name?
I'm Hungarian and I'm interested if there are other Hungarians in the group.
Have a nice day, good work and a pleasant rest.

Greetings,
Gal Zsolt
(~ CalmoSoft ~)