From erkkiat@evitech.fi Fri Apr 8 11:40:48 1994 Received: from evitech.evitech.fi by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.5) id AA14055; Fri, 8 Apr 94 11:40:44 PDT Message-Id: <9404081840.AA14055@toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu> Received: by evitech.evitech.fi (1.37.109.4/16.2) id AA11456; Fri, 8 Apr 94 21:42:58 +0200 From: Erkki Tapola Subject: AmyGUI To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 21:42:57 +0200 (EET) Opintolinja: EVTOL / S{hk|osasto / IY-220-2 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 3771 Status: R TITLE AmyGUI VERSION 1.0 AUTHOR Erkki Tapola, erkkiat@evitech.fi Mika Kuoppala, mikaak@evitech.fi Evernet Oy Address: Laajaniityntie 8 F 79 SF-01620 VANTAA FINLAND Fax: +358 0 8787 608 Price inquiries and ordering by email, mail or fax. (Current pricelist at the end of this file.) DESCRIPTION AmyGUI is a C++ class library for creating font sensitive graphical user interfaces easily. It contains efficient code and the created sources are quite verbal and understandable. To create an executable, the library is linked with user code to a standalone executable with SAS C++ V6.5x, with GCC ixemul.library is needed at runtime. AmyGUI makes the use of gadgets simple, e.g. the contents of a listview and a cycle gadget are manipulated in the same way, although their implementation in the system is quite different. With just one function call AmyGUI enables icon dropping into a window. Each time user gives input, a prenamed function in user code gets called with descriptive parameters. If you know C, just by looking at the demo sources included in the packet, you will see why C++ is the ideal language for GUIs. Features * Font sensitivity - All buttons are created as if they will contain a 8 pixel font, and AmyGUI takes care of the rest at runtime * A window can receive an icon dropped into it, the enabling takes only one function call * All different types of gadgets are created in the same manner, only the last one or two optional parameters vary if needed * Dynamic menu creation and handling. Menu layout can be changed easily at runtime. * The strings contained in Menus, AmyListviews and AmyCycles can be added, inserted and deleted dynamically at runtime * Wide code reuse due to C++'s inheritance making the executable size smaller * Lots of useful classes not only for creation of GUIs e.g. AmyList, Dimension, Boolean, AmyPoint... * Online manual containing class reference, examples and hints PRICE AmyGUI V1.0 costs FIM 300 or USD 55. There is a 50% discount for students (send us a copy of your valid studentcard). The prices are subject to change without notice. Appropriate postage is added on top of the price. Bugfixes are free, but the updates cost moderately. Inside Europe we are able to send you the package with 'cash on delivery', but unfortunately it is not possible to outside of Europe. So other customers will have to transfer their money in advance. Contact us for further information. This packet contains an orderform in binary form. You can send it filled on paper by mail or fax, or by email to one of the addresses below. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS Because AmyGUI uses BOOPSI (for now), it needs at least Kickstart 2.x. HOSTNAME ftp.funet.fi and Aminet hosts. DIRECTORY Aminet: /pub/aminet/dev/gui ( for example wuarchive.wustl.edu) ftp.funet.fi: ? FILENAME AmyGUIdemo-1.0.lha CORRECTION The readme of the demopacket should say that the idea was concieved in July 1993, not 1994.