archuleta@mwk.uucp (03/14/91)
Any comments/experiences on the use of the CommonView2 class library ?
Has anyone used it with Borland C++ ? How about those with Zortech C++ ?
I noticed today that The Programmer's Shop has the following special (available
through April 27):
List Special
Borland C++ $495.00
CommonView2 $495.00 $475.00
Petzold book $29.95
I talked to the folks at ImageSoft Inc. (markets CommonView2). They also have
a "special". You can get the above for $475.00 also. The price for
CommonView2 alone is $399.00. The people at ImageSoft stated that their
product has been available for use with the Borland product for 2 months now.
Any comments on this toolkit, plus any others offered by ImageSoft will be
appreciated.
Thx.
Louisjim@se-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Jim Ruehlin, CFC User) (03/16/91)
In <196.27de0a65@mwk.uucp> archuleta@mwk.uucp writes: >Any comments/experiences on the use of the CommonView2 class library ? >Has anyone used it with Borland C++ ? How about those with Zortech C++ ? I've been using CommonView for about 4-6 months with the Glockenspiel compiler. I've run into a number of bugs that has now stopped my development. I can't even load my program (It's only about 3-4k lines long). It seems pretty clear to me that the problems are with Glockenspiel, not CommonView. In fact, I'm buying CommonView for Borland C++ now. I don't expect the same problems. CommonView is, IMO, a well thought-out class library for coding Windows 3 applications. It has a few minor shortcomings and some speed problems (I initialized a multi-line edit object with 32k of text - it took almost two minutes), but all in all I like it. You need very little windows programming knowledge (handles, locks, etc. are all hidden from you) and the classes provide most of the functionality you'ld expect from them. My recommendation: Thumbs up. - Jim Ruehlin