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

From: John Torjo (john.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-11 12:00:06

> 
> The FOX GUI has exactly this capability, you can connect a variable directly to the widget, without requiring any glue code at all.  In fact, you can connect the same variable to multiple widgets at the same time (eg a 'spinner' widget and an 'editeline'), without requiring the programmer to write any type of callback mechanism.
> 
> This works because all GUI events are bi-directional.  For more information, read: http://www.fox-toolkit.org/datatarget.html
> 

That seems a lot of code, compared to:
http://www.torjo.com/win32gui/save_dlg.html
Not to say about validation...

Best,
John

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