Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 17:47:15 -0200
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To: "Martijn" <wkersber AT caiw DOT nl>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Cesar Scarpini Rabak <csrabak AT dce03 DOT ipt DOT br>
Subject: Re: Windows programming under DJGPP

At 11:09 21/01/97 GMT, Martijn wrote:
>You can create GUI applications just as easily with rsxntdj. But it is
>simply not complete. The code it creates is small and fast.
>
>Now....it would help if there was some documentation. 
>

Just my two cents.
I already pointed (in the old V1 days) that whereas (the now) rsxntdj
package __may__ even be used to create full 'native' windows apps, it will
be awkward doing so with it except if we add a few tools to it:

        A help authoring, compiler;
        A resource compiler;
        And nowadays a GUI builder tool (graphics oriented) to easy the
chores of putting the buttons, scrollbars and all the other objects in the
right places;
        Last but not the least, a sort of debugger appropriate to the
windows environment.

Otherwise, one can surely with a bit of work _port_ an app written for
windows and successfuly compile it with rsxntdj, but it would be really hard
to build anything other than trivial programs 'from scratch'.

The really question I think is: is it worthwhile? Modern apps for windows
use also the M$ MFC which would have to be purchased anyway?

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