mlonge@polari.UUCP (Michael Longe) (03/30/91)
(sorry if these are the wrong newsgroups... incidently, exactly what is *in* the NIH class library?) We're about to embark on the development of a financial application for windowed systems (Win 3.0, Mac, X11/Motif). We have, and have evaluated, the XVT C library (and have specs on XVT++). We recently obtained specs on the CommonView 2 C++ class library (for Win 3.0; others Real Soon Now) and user extensions. For those who have used one or the other, we'd like your opinion (or a ref to a published review): How well does the product support portability? What are some "gotchas" to watch out for? How much needs to be added (e.g., generic file I/O)? How easy is it to (carefully) take advantage of platform- specific features? Using built-in hooks or direct extensions (subclassing, etc.)? Is the use of C++ advantageous with this product (or vice-versa: does the product make C++ worthwhile now instead of waiting for C++ development to mature)? What development tools (e.g., resource editor) are available? How good is the vendor's technical support? Thanks for your support... Michael Longe' uw-beaver!sumax!polari!mlonge