reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach) (01/09/88)
I'm sure everyone has heard of PPI's ICpak 201 graphical interface
support library for Objective C. I was wondering if anyone is aware of
any such effort to produce a similar object library, similar to Keith Gorlen's
OOPS class library, for C++ access to windowing facilities for a system such
as X or NeWS (or the forthcoming NeWS/X merged product from Sun)?
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Largo, FL 34649-2826dawson@apollo.uucp (Keith Dawson) (01/19/88)
In a recent article, George Leache asks: > I'm sure everyone has heard of PPI's ICpak 201 graphical interface > support library for Objective C. I was wondering if anyone is aware of > any such effort to produce a similar object library, similar to Keith > Gorlen's OOPS class library, for C++ access to windowing facilities for > a system such as X or NeWS (or the forthcoming NeWS/X merged product from > Sun)? Apollo's new Open Dialogue product seems to match your description. - a second-generation User Interface Management System - written in C++ - implements an object workspace (OWS) at runtime - extensible: OWS is open to the programmer to add interaction objects (or any other kind of internal objects) - language bindings for C, C++, Pascal, Fortran - layered on X11 (not on Xtk) - multiple interface-description mechanisms supported: declarative Ascii description file, and interactive interface-definition tools provided with release 1 - portable Apollo will sell developers' kits for Open Dialogue to run on Apollo, Sun, DEC, and IBM PC-RT platforms. We are also aggressively pursuing source licensees to port the software to other platforms; an agreement is in place for a port to the 80386/SysV environment. Open Dialogue is well along in beta test and will ship (on Apollo platforms) early in April. Support for the other platforms will follow within a few months. I am sending preliminary product information via U.S. mail. -- Keith Dawson decvax!apollo!dawson Section Manager, User Environments 617-256-0176 x 8337 Apollo Computer 330 Billerica Rd. (chm-02-rd) Chelmsford, MA 01824
michael@trigraph.UUCP (Michael Winser) (01/19/88)
In article <1972@pdn.UUCP> reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach) writes: >Keith Gorlen's OOPS class library, for C++ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Is this OOPS class library similar to the foundation library that comes with Objective-C? Is it availible? How much does it cost? I'm considering using C++, but one of my strongest objections was the lack of foundation classes. This would make a significant difference. Please e-mail if you have this library and can mail it to me. Michael -- ...utscri!trigraph!michael Michael Winser michael@trigraph.UUCP Trigraph Inc. 5 Lower Sherbourne St. #201 (416) 363-8841 Toronto,Ontario M5R 3H8