Hi!
I just released the first beta of The GUI Loft.
From the User manual:
"The GUI Loft is a powerful and easy-to-use WYSIWYG editor
for designing Win32::GUI windows, dialog boxes and
toolwindows. It is also a set of classes used to create the
window for you at runtime."
I think and hope you'll like it :)
Reactions so far range from "Huh?" (my mother), "looks simply great!"
(Aldo), to "That represents everyhing I don't stand for" (colleague Perl
programmer). In his defence, that last statement was uttered before he
actually started the program :)
Download source and/or binaries here:
http://www.bahnhof.se/~johanl/perl/Loft/
The Perl Artistic License applies.
I'm very interested in "first impresstions". What is the first thing that
bugs you? At which time do you first think "why can't I do that?". What is
problematic or unclear when it comes to using the windows and dialogs in
your own programs?
There is an extensive User Manual in the Help menu, please read it. But try
the program first, you are programmers and power-users after all, right? :)
Currently supported controls are:
Window, DialogBox, ToolbarWindow, Button, Label, TextField, RadioButton,
CheckBox, GroupBox, Listbox, RichEdit, ListView, ComboBox, TreeView,
TabStrip, Timer, ImageList
Cool features include:
- Pretty extensive WYSIWYG support + 100% accurate preview
- Pretty complete support for Win32::GUI control options--and then some
- It's actually easy to use (IMHO :)
- Docs and demo code
- No-code runtime TabStrip management
Future plans include:
- All controls supported by Win32::GUI
- Integrated Resizer support (at least for the simple case)
- Simple Event handlers with Actions, so you don't have to code trivial things.
- Possibly integration with external editors (don't want to either reinvent
that wheel, nor abandon UltraEdit)
Have fun!
/J
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http://www.bahnhof.se/~johanl/
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