Have you considered using Eclipse's SWT/JFace widget set? It has the following advantages:We are building client/server apps that communicate through Java RMI. That's super efficient. The distributed garbage collection is a dream. It also makes development very easy, because the network layer is so transparent. But some of our customers don't like our Java GUIs. They prefer native windows front-ends. Wouldn't it be great if we could build the GUI in .NET and use the client side Java classes that talk to the server just as they are ?
* It uses the native widgets/controls of your OS (so your application looks like it was written by MFC programmers on Windows and Gtk+ programmers on Linux and Aqua programmers on Mac OSX)
* It's a Java widget set designed for speed (unlike Swing)
* It's portable (current ports include Windows, Linux, xBSD, MacOSX)
* The widget set is about as clean and powerful as Swing
* It allows you to compile your application to native code if needed (see this link for details
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-nativegui/?Open&t=grl,l=805,p=cgui
)
* It's well supported (IBM's WebSphere uses the SWT as it's base widget set)
* It has a thin lower layer that allows you to call native OS methods, so if you ever need non-portable calls, you can make them in Java.
Plus, Miguel pointed out:
Assuming Alex's work gets done without any hitches, *in theory* you should be able to easily port your application to .NET (via JUMP) if you decide that .NET is the way to go or if you want to support both Java and .NET equally. I say *in theory* Because I don't know how extensively you use Java's capabilities beyond what JUMP provides.Eclipse, written in Java, uses Swt. Its pretty decent, and there is a simple C# plugin available.Recently Alex started porting it to C# using Microsoft's JUMP
Take care,
Robert
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