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

From: Jared McIntyre (jmcintyre_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-09 20:24:17

>>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

There are certainly certain components like the save dialog that 
could be abstracted out in a cross platform manner.  You just have to 
be very careful how you do it and take into account as many platforms 
as you can, since you would still want to use the native component.

Jared McIntyre