| Re: widget builder [message #10070 is a reply to message #10014] |
Thu, 02 October 1997 00:00  |
David Foster
Messages: 341
Registered: January 1996
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Alvaro Ivanoff wrote:
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> I'm trying out the 30-day evaluation of IDL 5.0 and I'm just wondering
> if there is a successor to "wided", the widget builder. I've used the
> widget builder before with IDL4.0, to build the frame work for a GUI and
> since it's labelled as obsolete I was hoping there would be an updated
> version. Is there a better way for making a complex GUI, besides coding
> it in manually.
Please speak up if anyone disagrees, but I believe that any serious
programmer is going to tell you that the Widget Builder is a waste
of time. If you need to be building complex GUIs, then you *should*
be coding them manually. Once you get the hang of it, it's really
pretty easy; definitely the easiest part of an application.
If this is the first time you've seen this kind of widget programming,
it may seem a bit strange. My advice would be to look at example
programs and try to trace through them, and you will learn how
the widgets are built up on themselves. A really good example is
IDL's XNOTHING.PRO, which contains all of the possible widget
types.
I would also recommend "Learning IDL and IDL Programming", and
"Building Graphical User Interfaces in IDL", written by David
Fanning. I'm not sure if they've been updated for IDL 5.0, but
they are excellent! Also, have a look at David's web page:
http://www.dfanning.com
Good luck!
Dave
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