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From: Matt H <matt@proweb.co.uk>
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Subject: Re[2]: [9fans] Limbo Tk FAQ?
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 08:44:15 +0100
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Hello Lucio,

L> I haven't tried VB or VC++, I must confess, perhaps I fear to
L> discover that there are shortcuts out there, as long as you kneel
L> to the right religion.

VB is very easy. Drag & drop controls then double click to get the
wrapper to call it you end up with

Sub Button1.Click()
       Button1.Caption = "I've been clicked"
End Sub

VC++ works in a similar way but is a bit more hairy.

The best way (I think) to work that environment is to make ActiveX
Controls (just a glorified class that has it's own display window)
in VC and then arrange them and make them interact with VB.

Then it's time for battle with MFC. The Microsoft Foundation Classes.
A whole bunch of C++ Classes which prevent portability (even between
types of windows apps) and add plenty of complexity. Chuck in the
many macros for doing window handling and message passing and suddenly
you really don't know what's going on.

-- 
 Matt                          mailto:matt@proweb.co.uk

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