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Re: Ineractively building GUIs in IDL 5.1? [message #12189] Fri, 10 July 1998 00:00
David Foster is currently offline  David Foster
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Registered: January 1996
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dEdmundson@Bigfoot.com wrote:
>
> It seems that WIDED, the iteractive widget builder, has been obsoleted
> in IDL 5.1. The thought of writing widget code by hand turns my stomach.
> Surely there is a nice interactive tool written in IDL for constructing
> a GUI?
>
> Cheers,
> Darran.
>

Ugh! The "interactive widget builder" is a royal pain in the ***!
If you are really serious about writing IDL applications, take the
time to learn how to do it by hand. There's a bit of a learning
curve, 'cause it's a bit strange at first, but then suddenly a
light goes off and it starts making sense.

Just my .02

Dave
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Re: Ineractively building GUIs in IDL 5.1? [message #12192 is a reply to message #12189] Fri, 10 July 1998 00:00 Go to previous message
mallors is currently offline  mallors
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Registered: November 1997
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In article <6o4o9p$eps$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
dEdmundson@Bigfoot.com writes:
>
>
> It seems that WIDED, the iteractive widget builder, has been obsoleted
> in IDL 5.1. The thought of writing widget code by hand turns my stomach.
> Surely there is a nice interactive tool written in IDL for constructing
> a GUI?
>
> (No, I'm not on a windows system and so I can't opt for a Delphi GUI
> tied to IDL via ActiveX.)
>
> If such a code builder doesn't exist, is there sufficient interest
> to warrant it?
>

I believe a widget builder is on the drawing board for IDL 5.2. I
got the impression that it is a high-priority feature for
the new release, but we will just have to wait and see...


-bob mallozzi


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