Re: Which GUI framework ?

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

"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.




>
> 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