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Tue, 14 June 2022 06:40

Eclipse User

Hello,
I love to use eclipse for doing several projects. Eclips is a good tool.
I checked for a way how to make a GUI using eclipse 2022-06.
I installed successful the WindowBuilder plugin.
But I cannot find any tutorial or howto for programming a GUI C/C++application .
There are some good tutorials for using WindowBuilder as java application.
But there is no way to include something like an EventHandler to the C++ application.
Has anybody an idea how to make this?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Kurt

Re: Making a GUI [message #1853017 is a reply to message #1852996]

Tue, 14 June 2022 14:36

Eclipse User

WindowBuilder is for Java.

For C/C++ you need to select the widget kit to be used, according to the operating system on your computer.

Re: Making a GUI [message #1853096 is a reply to message #1853017]

Fri, 17 June 2022 09:05

Eclipse User

Hi Tauno Voipio,
thanks a lot for your answer.
I tried to find some information with widget kit but I didn't find any solution.
There are some questions

what plugin must I install to make the widget kit available?
do I get it from Eclipse marketplace?
what are the steps to make a simple widge?
must I make a C/C++ project firs where I add a widget?

[Updated on: Fri, 17 June 2022 09:06] by Moderator

Re: Making a GUI [message #1853099 is a reply to message #1853096]

Fri, 17 June 2022 13:02

Eclipse User

What you need to make depends on the operating system you are targeting the code for.

For UNIXish systems (Linux, BSD etc), the graphical system is the X windowing system. It has its own functions to call, and there are several different widget kits to choose from. Usually you need to use the same your desktop uses.

For MacOS, there are own windowing system calls to use. The same applies to Windows, but of course different from MacOS.

There are multi-platform GUI toolkits, but the subject is largish to handle here, Google may help.

[Updated on: Fri, 17 June 2022 13:03] by Moderator

Re: Making a GUI [message #1853110 is a reply to message #1853099]

Sat, 18 June 2022 07:34

Eclipse User

Hi Tauno Voipio,
thanks for your answer.
I can't find any way how to make this.
What you describe is the second step.
But I miss any hint how to install or access the widget kit tool?
Google does not show a page where I can find a solution. I'm sorry. Maybe I'm too stupid?
I use successfully Eclipse CDT 2022-06.
index.php/fa/42209/0/

But I find no instruction how to install or add a widget kit.
Is there no instruction how to do it.
Maybe somebody else has a hint for me.
Thanks in advence

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[Updated on: Sat, 18 June 2022 07:35] by Moderator

Re: Making a GUI [message #1853114 is a reply to message #1853110]

Sat, 18 June 2022 13:04

Eclipse User

It is a long way to learn to create a GUI program using C/C++;

I have an older book about basic GUI programming for the X Window System,
J. Robert Brown, X Window Programming from scratch, QUE Books, ISBN 0-7897-2372-7. It is about 780 pages.

You might be better off by starting with Java and its GUI tools. They are supported by Eclipse and WindowBuilder. Google for Java Swing programming.

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