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Subject: Re: Need Advice on C User-interface Builing Libraries
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Date: 1 Oct 90 09:51:00 GMT
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In article <[26ff0a6e:59.2]comp.os.msdos.programmer;1@palnet.UUCP> emanuel@palnet.UUCP (Erwin Manuel) writes:
>In article <1990Sep14.140640.8647@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
>sgf0z@watt.acc.Virginia.EDU (Steven Glenn Fox) writes:
>>
>>...need suggestions for a window, menu and general user-interface
>>tools library for C.  One package I know of is CWorthy...
>
>One of the best, I think is the CXL library.  I believe the latest
>release is version 5.2.  Some of its functions include:
>  windowing
>  multi-field formatted entry
>  menus
>  mouse support
>  keyboard routines
>    etc.
>
>It's a shareware program that's around $35 to register.  I'm pretty sure
>the manuals say that the library is royalty free.  Also, it supports
>Turbo C, MS C, Zortech C++, and QC.

I've used and been impressed by The Window BOSS (lousy name for a very
good package).  It's been around for several years now, and has a new
edition with more features once or twice a year.  $20 for shareware,
$55 for the library source.

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