Hi This is my first message here and I'm not too sure to what it is you guys are discussing here but it might be of interest to me. I'm studying at the University of Central Lancashire software engineering. Which is focusing upon C++ and we've just hit windows programming. That is GUI applications. Anyway, we use Borland Builder which has many accessible features however, I cannot build a form with a collection of chosen controls. I wondered Is there something with these WxWidgets that may help me? Regrettably I'm also confused about the fruit basket. What's that all about? Sorry for being so dim! Gena Amateur Call: M 0 E B P VOIP / IM: gena1959uk -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 10:05 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: c++ fruit basket By any reasonable standard, WxWidgets is a successful GUI library. Juce, the podcatcher, has been download more than 2.5 million times according to its web site. Audacity is a well known CD ripper -- also based on WxWidgets. I agree that one should not simply be positive for the sake of being positive -- though that does help human relations and motivation to do good. A relentless negative message is certainly not helpful either. Jamal On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:14:50 +0200 > From: Octavian Rasnita <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: c++ fruit basket > > Yes you are right. > I agree that Wx is for the moment the only somehow accessible GUI which is > portable on more operating systems. I also like the fact that it is some > more advanced than other GUIS. For the moment I am not so interested in its > portability, but I might be. > > But I don't agree with that "list of successful programs". > It is a very small list of programs, and they are not what I understand by > "successful". > > I understand by successful one of the following: > Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, MS Word, MS Excel, Mozilla Firefox, > Microsoft Age of Empires, Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun, Eidos Commandos, > Nero Burning ROM, programs for using a TV Tunner, Windows Explorer, and many > other programs which are used by hundread of million people. > > I didn't verify, but I doubt that some of them are made using Wx Widgets. > > Even with the latest years .net hype, I think that most of their interfaces > are made using MFC (of course, with the exceptions of those like Firefox > that were started just to compete Microsoft). > > But don't understand me wrong. I didn't say that I am not interested in > WxWidgets samples under C++. > > Octavian > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marlon Brandão de Sousa" <splyt.lists@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:06 PM > Subject: Re: c++ fruit basket > > > > Hello Teddy, > > I respect your opinion on this but I have to desagree, because > > there're many "successfull" projects made in wx (look > > www.wxwidgets.org) and also because of a more important reazon: > > I am a blind working in the programming area. Right untill now I > > didn't need to make a software with a gui, but if I have to do one > > some day, and one which will run on several platforms, mfc won't lead > > me to anything usefull. In fact, wx is one of the few solutions which > > will allow one develope a gui software to unix or mac platforms and > > test it safely and easily before releasing it in the windows platform. > > Marlon > > > > -- > > When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows," people just > > stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, for > > free." > > Linus Torvalds > > __________ > > View the list's information and change your settings at > > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ NOD32 2658 (20071114) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind