Mail Archives: djgpp/2001/09/05/04:30:13
I have learned that if he would of used a color depth of 16 instead
of merely 8, then the EXAMPLES would of displayed perfectly
AOK in both a Win95 DOSshell and also exactly the same proper
way in pure MSDOS 6.22....
so I re-compiled using 16-bit color depth...and wow...very impressive
indeed... I also changed ALL the examples to use full 640 x 480.
I love the very SIMPLICITY of DEPUI... I mean how could this get any
easier to understand? With better documentation, instructions on how
to custom create new objects/Widgets (can't wait!!), and the creation
of a Borland 5.02 16-bit version of the library...WOW! I mean WOW!
VERY WELL DONE!
I also want to be able to display IMAGES in an image-object
(image-container), and be able to CLICK that image to trigger
an event, and things of this sort. Perhaps it can already; but
apparently, the Sample programs do not show these features.
PS:there still exists the irritating problem that under pure MSDOS
6.22 the mouse movement is very sluggish (ie. very slow) due
to improper resolution or acceleration or something....somewhere).
PSS:There appears to be a very serious flaw where in a DOS7 session
without the Win32 API, DEPUI ALWAYS Seg-faults, sometimes fatally!
Three different computers have tested this; it looks very promising
once a few minor details are fixed.
On Tue, 04 Sep 2001 21:09:11 -0400, Radical NetSurfer wrote:
>I have just compiled and ran the DEPUI gui under DJGPP....
>
>and, for the most part, it is a very impressive package!
>I like the fact it is coded in "C" as I find the code and examples
>to be very easy to grasp (easier at least) then some C++ gui's.
>
>The only__SERIOUS__ problem that I note is that under MSDOS6.22/4DOS
>I find that the mouse movement to be VERY SLUGGISH....
>
>when I run the DEPUI demo's in a Win95 DOSshell, I find that SOMETIMES
>the __Colors__ are very wrong, _but_ the mouse movement is
>perfectly normal.....
>
>PLEASE tell me why the mouse is sluggish in MSDOS6.22/4DOS only
>mode..... and HOW DO I FIX IT ?!?!? Is this purely an Allegro 113
>problem?
>
>Although he says that he does not like Icons, I would love to see the
>attention of a Button Bar (tool bar) added to this very fine GUI
>package. Also, I would like some of the Demo's to show precisely
>how to add BMP and/or PCX images to Dialog boxes (or please add this
>feature). It would be nice to have SPLASH SCREENS; and to simply have
>small pictures included in the background, or at strategic places in
>Dialog boxes. An ABOUT_BOX for example could show a photo of the
>creater of an application using DEPUI..... things like this.
>
>The only other thing that I was disappointed about was trying to
>compile the DEPUI library for Borland 5.02. His PRJ file would not
>work in the 5.02 IDE... so how do I convert a Borland 3.x PRJ to a
>5.02 IDE or MAKE file?
>My opinion is there should of been a Borland MAKEFILE and not just
>the PRJ file... MAKEFILE's are easier to edit (they are not binary
>like PRJ's)
>
>Finally:
>
>Who else is using DEPUI ???????
>Wanna exchange notes and ideas with me?
>Would you like to help me get the Borland 5.02 Library working?
>Borland 5.02 16-bit MSDOS applications are very much alive and well
>around here.
>
>DEPUI: http://huizen.dds.nl/~deleveld/depui.htm
>
>My Homepage: http://members.tripod.com/~RadSurfer/
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