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From: gsarff@ssdis.UUCP (gary sarff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Gadget/requester/menu tools
Summary: yes there are gadget tools
Message-ID: <138@ssdis.UUCP>
Date: 10 May 88 17:49:27 GMT
References: <4015@killer.UUCP>
Organization: (SSD-IS) Special Security Department, Internal Security
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In article <4015@killer.UUCP>, elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green) writes:
> As a recent Amigan (1 week, as of this posting), I am astounded at the amount
> of work you have to do to set up good-looking Intuition objects. For example,
I think everyone was.

> Are there tools to somewhat automate this process? I'd love to be able to
> define and move menus around interactively, for example, and then have the "C"
> declarations written to disk for me, ready to shove into my program.... and
> gadgets -- gawd, what a nightmare, defining those things, especially choosing
> correct placement within your window, and dealing with the more esoteric ones
> (proportional gadgets, or custom Images, anybody?). 
>     Eric Lee Green  elg@usl.CSNET    Snail Mail P.O. Box 92191        
>     ihnp4!killer!elg                 Lafayette, LA 70509              
> "Is a dream a lie that don't come true, or is it something worse?"

get PowerWindows by Innovatronics (I think) you should find it advertised in
amigaworld, amazing computer et.al.  It is about $65.  It does that, gadgets
menus, windows, etc -> C code.  You can draw and use your mouse, import iff
brushes etc.  They also have something called InovaTools 1 that is supposed
to put a nice package around some of the graphics routines giving you a
higher level of interface to the drawing routines in the amiga.  I've never
used it though.

-- 
Gary Sarff           {uunet|ihnp4|philabs}!spies!ssdis!gsarff
To program is human, to debug is something best left to the gods.
"Spitbol?? You program in a language called Spitbol?"
  The reason computer chips are so small is that computers don't eat much.