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graphical GUI designer? [message #188109]

Mon, 15 January 2007 17:36

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: LouArnoldOttawa._yahoo.ca

Is there a free-of-charge grapical GUI designer for Eclipse? IS there a
newgroup that addresses it?

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Re: graphical GUI designer? [message #188139 is a reply to message #188109]

Mon, 15 January 2007 18:15

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: wayne.beaton._NOSPAM_eclipse.org

Lou Arnold wrote:
> Is there a free-of-charge grapical GUI designer for Eclipse? IS there a
> newgroup that addresses it?
>

Try Eclipse Visual Editor

http://www.eclipse.org/ve

I believe the newsgroup is eclipse.tools.ve

Also check out EPIC:

http://eclipseplugincentral.com/Web_Links-index-req-viewcatl ink-cid-18.html

Specifically, you might find Jigloo interesting.

If you can get past the free-of-charge issue, you should look at Window
Builder.

HTH,

Wayne

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Re: graphical GUI designer? [message #188147 is a reply to message #188139]

Mon, 15 January 2007 18:22

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: louarnoldottawa._yahoo.ca

OK, thanks for your help.

The free-of-charge issue won't go away soon because when I paid for it,
someone soon stopped supporting it or improving it.

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Re: graphical GUI designer? [message #188177 is a reply to message #188139]

Mon, 15 January 2007 19:06

Eric Clayberg

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Location: Boston, MA

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"Wayne Beaton" <wayne.beaton@_NOSPAM_eclipse.org> wrote in message
news:45ABC4BE.2010907@_NOSPAM_eclipse.org...
> If you can get past the free-of-charge issue, you should look at Window
> Builder.

Note that WindowBuilder is available in a free (reduced functionality)
version as well as low-cost academic and non-commercial (both with full
functionality) versions.

http://www.windowbuilderpro.com/

BTW, WindowBuilder is the only Eclipse GUI builder available that fully
supports graphical editing of all RCP GUI types.

-Eric Clayberg
Sr. Vice President of Product Development
Instantiations, Inc.
http://www.instantiations.com
http://www.windowbuilderpro.com/

Author: "Eclipse: Building Commercial Quality Plug-ins"
http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0321228472

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Re: graphical GUI designer? [message #188192 is a reply to message #188147]

Mon, 15 January 2007 19:15

Eric Clayberg

Messages: 979
Registered: July 2009
Location: Boston, MA

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"Lou Arnold" <louarnoldottawa@_yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:20c7def277e6282f2931ca37805c0856$1@www.eclipse.org...
> The free-of-charge issue won't go away soon because when I paid for it,
> someone soon stopped supporting it or improving it.

This can just as easily happen with free and/or open-source tools as well.

Note that WindowBuilder was originally released in 2003 and has had more
than a dozen major releases (3-4 per year).

http://www.windowbuilderpro.com/

It also recently won the Eclipse Magazin Reader's Choice award for "Best
Eclipse-based Commercial Software Solution".

It is the only Eclipse GUI builder that supports all of the standard Swing
and SWT layout managers (including the new GroupLayout) as well as all
Eclipse RCP GUI types.

-Eric Clayberg
Sr. Vice President of Product Development
Instantiations, Inc.
http://www.instantiations.com
http://www.windowbuilderpro.com/

Author: "Eclipse: Building Commercial Quality Plug-ins"
http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0321228472

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Re: graphical GUI designer? [message #188310 is a reply to message #188147]

Tue, 16 January 2007 03:31

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: wayne.beaton._NOSPAM_eclipse.org

Lou Arnold wrote:
> OK, thanks for your help.
>
> The free-of-charge issue won't go away soon because when I paid for it,
> someone soon stopped supporting it or improving it.
>

Are you suggesting that you have a bit of a touch-of-death when it comes
to purchasing software? :-)

Wayne

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