kim@wayne.UUCP (Kim Helliwell) (09/07/88)
I have written several dialogs for an Mac application I am working on. For each dialog, I have to write a separate routine to handle it, making sure that it is tailored to the particular item list in the dialog, and so on. I often have to switch back and forth between ResEdit and LSC to get everything matched up correctly. Whenever I am working on a dialog, the recurring thought I get is that there must be an easier way to do this. Am I missing something here? Has anyone found an easier way? Would you be willing to share it with the net? -- "Never let work interfere with your reasons for working." Kim Helliwell
ech@poseidon.UUCP (Edward C Horvath) (09/07/88)
From article <241@wayne.UUCP>, by kim@wayne.UUCP (Kim Helliwell): ! I have written several dialogs for an Mac application I am working on. ! For each dialog, I have to write a separate routine to handle it, making ! sure that it is tailored to the particular item list in the dialog, and ! so on. I often have to switch back and forth between ResEdit and LSC to ! get everything matched up correctly. Whenever I am working on a dialog, ! the recurring thought I get is that there must be an easier way to do ! this. Am I missing something here? Has anyone found an easier way? ! Would you be willing to share it with the net? There has been a start at "application generators," e.g. SmethersBarnes' Prototyper. It's flawed, it only goes so far, it doesn't generate C yet, and a host of other gripes, but it's a noble effort, and a start. See also MacApp, which has different limitations. Yes, Virginia, there IS progress. It's just slow, and sometimes difficult to recognize... =Ned Horvath=