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- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!das.wang.com!wang!dbushong
- From: dbushong@wang.com (Dave Bushong)
- Subject: Re: Is there tool to write for Windows on C quickly?
- Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 21:46:37 GMT
- Message-ID: <Bzs9tp.30s@wang.com>
- References: <AAAxbBhue5@numond.msk.su> <1992Dec22.052405.14105@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
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- steve@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Steve Balogh) writes:
-
- >In article <AAAxbBhue5@numond.msk.su> agpro@numond.msk.su writes:
- >>
- >> ==== The program is so long, but the life is so short...====
- >>
- >> Andrew M. Gershun.
- >>
- >>P.S.S. Am I naives boy in my "far away Russia"? Maybe you write you
- >> program with same tools as I dream? Or, maybe, there is other
- >> style than "like-Petzold" or "like-SDK" style? Plase answer me!
-
- >I agree that writing a Windows program required a lot more effort than writing
- >a "simple" C program.
-
- >I think that the use of long names with some uppercase letters for API calls
- >and predefined message names is very useful when trying to write code which
- >is self-documenting. Predefining large slabs of code and only aloowing the
- >user to specify I_WANT_A_WINMAIN() may be reasonably for most applications,
- >but there are people who wish to modify certain parameters or some of the
- >functionality of WINMAIN. A general purpose language should allow flexibility
- >and not limit the programmer.
-
- >If you find that programming for Windows is too verbose and you wish to remain
- >with C and SDK (or similar), I suggest that you build up a library of skeleton
- >code wich you can use over and over with any new project. All you need do is
- >fill in the blanks to create a new program. This saves you much typing, but
- >still allows for full flexibility and program documentation.
-
- >Failing this, there are many "higher level" application generators which don't
- >require as much work from the programmer.
-
-
- >Regards,
- > Steve
-
- Quick C for Windows includes QuickCase, which lets you paint a picture
- of what you want the application to look like on the screen, and then
- it pumps out all the mundane 'C' code to do it. Then you edit that,
- and add the meat of the program (the actual functionality) and if you
- want, you can also edit the parameters that you (Steve) mentioned in
- your reply.
-
- It's a reasonable compromise.
-
- Dave
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