IIRC dissect runs on 6.02 and 9.4. You can look at it for examples of how to migrate.
Henry Rich On Sun, Apr 16, 2023, 10:21 AM chris burke <[email protected]> wrote: > The main benefit of the J6 form editor was that it made it easy to lay > out controls. Each control needed a position and size, given as xywh > values, and it would have been tedious to create and update those > values manually. > > J8 wd uses Qt which has its own layout manager. We no longer give xywh > values, but instead give high level instructions as to how controls > should be laid out, and let Qt do the rest. As a result, the old form > editor is really not needed. > > I did a lot of form design using J6 and earlier, and much prefer the new > way. > > I would encourage you to experiment more with the new wd and post any > problems you have to the forum. The Help|Studio|Qt Demos should be a > good starting point. > > As regards using another program to build a GUI, yes this is certainly > possible. J can be called from other programs, so you could have J for > calculations and another program for the GUI. > > On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 6:09 AM adam dunne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I am an old fan of J who stuck with J602 because of theForm Editor when > it > > was dropped in J7 & later updates. > > I have now returned to using J after a long absence. > > Installed J 9.4 two days ago. > > > > Frankly I find wd cmds bewildering & would far prefer to use the old Form > > Editor. > > However I note J602 is archived and can no longer be installed. > > > > You still have Form Editor documentation both in WIki & Labs in spite of > no > > one being able to use it anymore. > > > > Frankly I think the whole thing is a mess and the original decision to > > drop the form editor was flawed. > > > > Can I use visual basic or visual studio to create a GUI instead? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
