RE: [boost] Re: Re: GUI/GDI template library

From: Brock Peabody (brock.peabody_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-04 10:10:26

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> On Behalf Of John Torjo
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 2:34 AM
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> Subject: Re: [boost] Re: Re: GUI/GDI template library
> 
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> 
> Forgive me for not agreeing with you here ;-)

OK, but just this one time :)

> 
> Just think how hard it is - even for a programmer -, when dealing with
> lets
> say 50-100 types of windows, each window having more than 20-30
controls,
> to
> have an OVERVIEW.
> Not talking about maintaining that code.
> Not talking about internationalization.
> 
> So IMHO resource files are THE option.

Resource files might be the right solution to some problems, but I think
there are a lot of GUI applications that could be written more simply
with pure C++ code.  A C++ GUI library and a resource system could be
complementary.

Brock