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SWT Designer [message #384725]

Tue, 11 November 2003 08:19

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: lbraga.fpf.br

Anybody know any project as "SWT Designer", open source?

Re: SWT Designer [message #384726 is a reply to message #384725]

Tue, 11 November 2003 08:39

Eclipse User

Luis Braga <lbraga@fpf.br> wrote:

> Anybody know any project as "SWT Designer", open source?
This was a lot of work.
I've used about 1000 hours to create it, 12 hours every day.

But nothings prevents you from starting your own project. :-)

--
SY, Konstantin.
Advanced Eclipse SWT Designer (http://www.swt-designer.com)

Re: SWT Designer [message #385399 is a reply to message #384725]

Wed, 12 November 2003 11:59

Eclipse User

Luis Braga wrote:

> Anybody know any project as "SWT Designer", open source?

You might wonna check out the Luxor XUL Toolkit. Although it's not a
Form Designer per-se its half-way there. You can use a super-compact
easy-to-read easy-to-parse XML format to describe your forms.

By the way, the point of XUL is to break the vendor lock-in and let you
choose whatever Forms Designer you like. Unfortunately, for now Forms
Designer for XUL are rare creatures.

Anyway, if you're interested check out the Luxor XUL site @
http://luxor-xul.sourceforge.net

For more info about XUL check out the XUL Alliance site @
http://xul.sourceforge.net

- Gerald

Re: SWT Designer [message #385549 is a reply to message #385399]

Wed, 12 November 2003 23:49

Eclipse User

"Gerald Bauer" <gerald@vamphq.com> wrote in message
news:botoss$ne4$1@eclipse.org...
> > Anybody know any project as "SWT Designer", open source?
>
> You might wonna check out the Luxor XUL Toolkit. Although it's not a
> Form Designer per-se its half-way there. You can use a super-compact
> easy-to-read easy-to-parse XML format to describe your forms.
>
> By the way, the point of XUL is to break the vendor lock-in

Yeah, right. All is does is lock you into vendors that support that format.
You can just as easily "break" vendor lock in by using a GUI builder that
can read and write a variety of formats. One of our goals with SWT Designer
is to allow you to read and write in whatever style appeals you.

-Eric Clayberg
Sr. Vice President of Product Development
Instantiations, Inc.
mailto:cpsws-support@instantiations.com
http://www.instantiations.com
http://www.instantiations.com/codepro/ws
http://www.swt-designer.com

Re: SWT Designer [message #386124 is a reply to message #385549]

Thu, 13 November 2003 13:26

Eclipse User

Eric Clayberg (SWT Designer Dev Manager) wrote:

>> By the way, the point of XUL is to break the vendor lock-in.

> Yeah, right. All is does is lock you into vendors that support that format.
> You can just as easily "break" vendor lock in by using a GUI builder that
> can read and write a variety of formats. One of our goals with SWT Designer
> is to allow you to read and write in whatever style appeals you.

Eric, what XML UI formats does SWT Designer support? Have you published
your very own XML UI format? Can you post a link? Is it open and
royality-free? Do you cooperate with others to work on an XML UI spec?

- Gerald

Re: SWT Designer [message #386546 is a reply to message #386124]

Thu, 13 November 2003 23:32

Eclipse User

"Gerald Bauer" <gerald@vamphq.com> wrote in message
news:bp0idc$nff$1@eclipse.org...
>
> > Yeah, right. All is does is lock you into vendors that support that
format.
> > You can just as easily "break" vendor lock in by using a GUI builder
that
> > can read and write a variety of formats. One of our goals with SWT
Designer
> > is to allow you to read and write in whatever style appeals you.
>
> Eric, what XML UI formats does SWT Designer support?

None. It reads and writes pure SWT code. If your intent is to build an SWT
user interface, that's all you need.

> Have you published your very own XML UI format?

No...and we don't intend to.

> Is it open and royality-free?

Since we read and write pure SWT code, the answer is yes.

-Eric Clayberg
Sr. Vice President of Product Development
Instantiations, Inc.
mailto:cpsws-support@instantiations.com
http://www.instantiations.com
http://www.instantiations.com/codepro/ws
http://www.swt-designer.com

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