From: Radical DOT NetSurfer AT delorie DOT com Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: DEPUI is *** Very Nice *** Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 03:24:00 -0400 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <5dkbpt80df40becicdd76dm9mbcmiipu6n@4ax.com> References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse AT supernews DOT com Lines: 82 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com 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/ > > > > >