Glenn Cole writes:

>This may not seem like much to those who haven't tried GUI development,
>but for anyone who has tried doing this stuff with raw C (as I have on
>three occasions in the past), it was darned amazing.  Working menus,
>working window refresh, working list box, working push buttons, etc.

These days, there's no reason to do GUI development without an
application framework. Even Microsoft's MFC can be made to work for
simple applications, and on the Mac, MacApp has been around for 14 years,
and is excellent. I've thought about coming up with an application
framework for HP 3000 development, but there's really not that much to
encapsulate -- except for VPlus.

It's not the GUI so much as the event-driven application architecture
that makes an application environment amenable to the use of an
object-oriented framework. Perhaps the new QCTerm can offer a way to
write event-driven applications for the 3000.

-- Bruce


--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bruce Toback    Tel: (602) 996-8601| My candle burns at both ends;
OPT, Inc.            (800) 858-4507| It will not last the night;
11801 N. Tatum Blvd. Ste. 142      | But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -
Phoenix AZ 85028                   | It gives a lovely light.
btoback AT optc.com                |     -- Edna St. Vincent Millay
Mail sent to [log in to unmask] will be inspected for a
fee of US$250. Mailing to said address constitutes agreement to
pay, including collection costs.