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 Start a new project on Ultimate++? [message #7127] |
Fri, 15 December 2006 09:49  |
Wolferl2
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Registered: December 2006
Location: Boppard, Germany
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Dear community,
I plan a new project that should run on PC and (in the future) on the Mac. The software is rather simple, the user should specify some settings and the result is a sheet of paper that has to be printed or should be displayed as a preview.
I have done something similar before (see www.boenninghausen.de) for both the PC and the Mac - including Mac OS 8/9  .
The old project is developed twice, one version for the PC with Visual C++ and MFC, the other for the Mac is done with RealBasic. So I have twice the support, and a lot of questions - why is this better on the PC than on the Mac and vice versa.
So what I need is a way to make crossplattform development.
- Java programs don’t look that good (to my opinion)
- Java/SWT is no real crossplattform development, (program once, test and debug anywhere)
- RealBasic is not that nice, so I really would like to stop the old project
- QT is too expensive
So Ultimate++ would be a good choice.
My questions now:
Is there a chance to start a new project that would run within 12 months on the Mac?
Can I print in a nice way in Ultimate++ (beside from drawing lines in absolute printer coordinates)?
Is the Array-Control extensible, so that I can add text-completion into the input cells of the grid?
Can I format the Array Control, so that it looks nice (no cell borders, background colors, frames, font size e.g.)
Can I say "dear ArrayControl, please print yourself on the printer and be sure all your content fits on 1 page wide and 2 pages tall" ?
I would really like to start using a new UI Framework and I hope all my needs can be done with Ultimate++
Best wishes
Wolfgang Hennig
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| Re: Start a new project on Ultimate++? [message #7128 is a reply to message #7127] |
Fri, 15 December 2006 10:15  |
fallingdutch
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Registered: July 2006
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Hello Wofgang,
| Wolferl2 wrote on Fri, 15 December 2006 09:49 |
So Ultimate++ would be a good choice.
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it is a good choice
| Wolferl2 wrote on Fri, 15 December 2006 09:49 |
Is there a chance to start a new project that would run within 12 months on the Mac?
Can I print in a nice way in Ultimate++ (beside from drawing lines in absolute printer coordinates)?
Is the Array-Control extensible, so that I can add text-completion into the input cells of the grid?
Can I format the Array Control, so that it looks nice (no cell borders, background colors, frames, font size e.g.)
Can I say "dear ArrayControl, please print yourself on the printer and be sure all your content fits on 1 page wide and 2 pages tall" ?
I would really like to start using a new UI Framework and I hope all my needs can be done with Ultimate++
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Wether U++ will fully support MacOs within 12 month i realy don't know, but i guess luzr will tell you.
I haven't done any printing with u++ before but i do know there is a pdf-printing function, maybee that could help you with your decission.
The ArrayCtrl is nice, but uno wrote a nice grid control which is worth a look at!
http://dgs.pac.pl/dgs.php?page=upp&sub=grid
Bas
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| Re: Start a new project on Ultimate++? [message #7129 is a reply to message #7127] |
Fri, 15 December 2006 10:19 |
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| Wolferl2 wrote on Fri, 15 December 2006 03:49 |
Dear community,
Can I print in a nice way in Ultimate++ (beside from drawing lines in absolute printer coordinates)?
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yes.
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Is the Array-Control extensible, so that I can add text-completion into the input cells of the grid?
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yes. ArrayCtrl uses standard input controls which can be extented in any way.
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Can I format the Array Control, so that it looks nice (no cell borders, background colors, frames, font size e.g.)
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yes.
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Can I say "dear ArrayControl, please print yourself on the printer and be sure all your content fits on 1 page wide and 2 pages tall" ?
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don't know that
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I would really like to start using a new UI Framework and I hope all my needs can be done with Ultimate++
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Welcome on board! We hope that too
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| Re: Start a new project on Ultimate++? [message #7130 is a reply to message #7127] |
Fri, 15 December 2006 10:35 |
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mirek
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Registered: November 2005
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| Wolferl2 wrote on Fri, 15 December 2006 03:49 |
Is there a chance to start a new project that would run within 12 months on the Mac?
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It is the next big thing. I would like to say "yes". OTOH, honestly according to one year old roadmap, it should have been done 5 months back... 
So all I can say is that we will start development I/2007. Meanwhile, it seems that U++ can run quite well as X11 app in MacOS (this is already tested).
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Can I print in a nice way in Ultimate++ (beside from drawing lines in absolute printer coordinates)?
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Well, depends what you mean by "nice". But yes, my U++ apps do a lot of printing, mostly database reports.
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Is the Array-Control extensible, so that I can add text-completion into the input cells of the grid?
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Wrong question. You put regular widgets into cells. So the thing you want to do is to create your widgets with text completion. (Which reminds me to put text completion on ToDo list
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Can I format the Array Control, so that it looks nice (no cell borders, background colors, frames, font size e.g.)
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You have the full control over the cell appearance using the Display class. For simple cases (like colors and font size) you can also use AttrText values.
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Can I say "dear ArrayControl, please print yourself on the printer and be sure all your content fits on 1 page wide and 2 pages tall" ?
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No. But you can write a 10 lines of code to do that. OK, not sure how "be sure all your content fits" will work when number of ArrayCtrl lines is variable, but generally, printing is simple.
Mirek
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