Re: Which GUI framework ?

[DrPi <314@drpi.fr>]

Le 29/10/2020 à 21:45, Randy Brukardt a écrit :
> "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote in message
> news:rnf4s8$e4g$1@gioia.aioe.org...
>> On 29/10/2020 19:48, DrPi wrote:
>>
>>> I'd like to create a PC (Windows) GUI program. This program needs to be
>>> able to create many windows and tabs in one of them. A working thread
>>> receive data from a serial line and send messages to the GUI to print
>>> received content.
>>>
>>> I know the most common way is to use GtkAda. The problem is I'm a Ada
>>> beginner and I never used Gkt. So, the effort is double.
>>>
>>> I have a quite good knowledge of wxWidgets since I use wxPython for
>>> years. I thought I could use wxAda but is seems the project is dead.
>>>
>>> Any other binding to wxWidgets that I'm not aware of ?
>>
>> If that is only Windows (are you serious?), you do not need any. Simply
>> use Windows GDI API directly. They are callable from Ada more or less out
>> of the box because Windows handles all objects internally as graphic
>> resources.
>>
>> There is Win32Ada thin bindings, but it is incomplete and most of the time
>> you do not need it.
> 
> For Win32, both Claw (www.rrsoftware.com) and GWindows provide thick Ada
> bindings. Much easier to use than raw Win32.
> 
>                            Randy.
> 
Interresting. I'll have a look at them.
Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> The Microsoft's way of defining and using types is so idiotic that no
>> reasonably usable thin Ada bindings are possible. I just declare an Ada
>> counterpart new as appropriate with parameters of types I want in order to
>> avoid casting types.
>>
>> In short, Windows GDI is ugly but it is native and task-safe. (GtkAda is
>> neither)
>>
>> -- 
>> Regards,
>> Dmitry A. Kazakov
>> http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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