Re: [boost] Re: GUI Library Proposal for a Proposal

From: John Torjo (john.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-08 04:55:50

> I also want to expose the data in my models to the GUI in such a way 
> that I can bind them easily to the GUI.  This is next to impossible to 
> do cross platform since every GUI has their own concept of string, etc. 
> So, I end up writing all  the code to do that as well, which is also 
> very repetitive and pattern based and should be abstractable (which the 
> Lit Window library seems to do, though I haven't played with it yet).
> 

I think the save_dlg concept could be cross-platform, but I really don't 
have the time to implement it (cross-platform, that is).

Or have I misunderstood you?

http://www.torjo.com/win32gui/save_dlg.html

-- 
John Torjo,    Contributing editor, C/C++ Users Journal
-- "Win32 GUI Generics" -- generics & GUI do mix, after all
-- http://www.torjo.com/win32gui/
-- v1.5 - tooltips at your fingertips (work for menus too!)
    + bitmap buttons (work for MessageBox too!)
    + tab dialogs, hyper links, lite html