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From: oze3@quads.uchicago.edu (james daniel ozeran)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Easy GUI accessible through Lightspeed C?
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Date: 6 Nov 90 20:37:55 GMT
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In article <27092@cs.yale.edu> pharr-matthew@cs.yale.edu (Matthew Pharr) writes:
>In article <14369@cs.utexas.edu> turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin) writes:
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>>I am considering Lightspeed C for writing a Mac application.  I

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>Although I've only played with a demo version, there is a program called
>Prototyper that lets you set up menus, windows, dialogs, alerts, etc, etc,
>very quickly and easily. It then cranks out code in any of a number of
>langauges, including Lightspeed C. It sounds like this solves your problem,
>but someone who has used it a little more extensively than I could probably
>give you a better answer...
>
>Matt
>Pharr-Matthew@Cs.Yale.Edu

Yes. Prototyper is very convenient for developing interfaces for
Mac programs.  It uses standard Toolbox functions to implement any
interface you care to draw.  The newest version (3.0) will also
generate file handling and printing code for you in addition to
providing a separate set of files for your code to add
functionality to the program.  It is also extensible, i.e. if you
don't find a window or CNTL to your liking you can write your own
WDEF or CDEF and have Prototyper generate the calls to it (VERY
CONVENIENT!).  I don't know the specifics of the LightSpeed C code
it generates, but the Pascal code is - although very detailed -
well commented and easy to understand.  Sof far it has saved me
innumerous hours of programmming time. Hope this helps.

				D. Ozeran


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