Choice of wxWidgets RAD solutions

[Riccardo Cohen]

I bought and use dialogblocks. It is all right for code generation. I 
don't use it as "rad" or "ide" because
- I'm always afraid about what will happen to my code when a software 
modify it... (actually it happens very often when I have to add code to 
dialogblocks on)
- I want to use MS visual studio for compiling and debugging

But this is my choice, and you can use it as ide/rad, it is written for 
that.

On the other hand, I don't beleive that a RAD tools should be like that. 
What I liked very much was Apple Interface Builder. You generate 
resources that you can use in your code. However I do not use this tool 
since a long time.

I must say that if the combination 
"wxWidgets+dialogblocks+visualstudio2005" is a reliable choice, I still 
find it hard to handle user interface. In particular in a context where 
the user interface must be more and more excellent.

My last (mini) challenge was : Imagine I have to build a "todo list" 
application. This is a very simple user interface and quite nothing on 
the processing side. Imagine I already have a class for storing and 
searching records. How can I create the user interface of this 
application in less than an hour. I mean
- create the form : buttons, lists, titles, etc
- handle events "add,del,see details, see liste, search..."
- connect these events to the class that does the storing and searching job
- make a simple framework with a window, menu, about and print

If someone knows some solutions, with or without dialogblocks, I'd be 
glad to read them. (and I'm ready to pay for seach a tool)

Eran Ifrah wrote:
> DialogBlocks is a great tool - but costs money, so:
> If you dont want to put some money on a RAD tool, I would suggest go for 
> wxFormBuilder, otherwise go for DialogBlocks.
> 
> Eran
> 
> 
> On 8/22/07, *BigFive* <fivebig at gmail.com <mailto:fivebig at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Hi All,
> 
>     I found some wxWidgets RAD tools, which might be useful to generate h
>     and cpp files for GUI element instead of hard-coding.
> 
>     This URL(http://www.wxwidgets.org/wiki/index.php/Tools
>     <http://www.wxwidgets.org/wiki/index.php/Tools>) contains a
>     list of some RAD tools, including wxDesigner, DialogBlocks, wxDev-C++,
>     wxFormBuilder, wxForms, wxGlade, VisualWX, XRCed.
> 
>     Another one is wxWorkshop:
>     http://wxworkshop.sourceforge.net/
> 
>     And someone has made a comparison of these tools:
>     http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=Comparison_of_wxSmith_features
>     <http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=Comparison_of_wxSmith_features>
> 
>     I originally planed to evaluate DialogBlocks during this week, but
>     there are so many options aftere my search. Appreciate any suggestions
>     from you, especially those experienced wxWidgets players.
> 
>     Thanks
> 
> 
> 
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> Eran Ifrah
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Très cordialement,

Riccardo Cohen
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