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From: holland@m2.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Prototyper opinions?
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Date: 4 Feb 89 15:59:47 GMT
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In article <3635@geaclib.UUCP> rae@geaclib.UUCP (Reid Ellis) writes:
>dave@emerald.PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek) writes:
>|I am thinking about purchasing Prototyper, by SmetherBarnes.  Is this
>|any good?  Is there something better?
>
>Warning: as of the last time I looked, Prototyper did not handle the
>"newer" bits of the Macintosh user interface like popup menus, hier-
>archical menus, and tear-off menus.  Also, it only created Pascal code
>Now you are using Pascal, so that's ok.

Prototyper 2 is supposedly shipping *now*.  It handles popup and hierarchical
menus - I didn't think tear-off menus were part of the Mac interface.  They've
also cleaned up their interface - the dialog designer for example.  And it
generates "C" code including LSC and MPW.

>
>I played with it a bit in June of last year and it seemed primitive, sort of
>archaic in what it would and would not handle.  Of course, if your needs
>are simple, this may be the program for you.  Personally, I was very
>disappointed with the product.  But then again, I know of no better
>alternate for you to try..
>
>Reid

I've never used the code it generated as I don't program in Pascal.  But, it
sure is a time-saver for prototyping.  I generated an interface and showed it
to a number of people for comments before I started coding.  They simulate
the interface you generated as if it was a running application.  And the
resource file was easier to generate than using ResEdit.  I hope to use the
code with the new version but, I can't comment yet...

Waiting for my upgrade,

Fred Hollander
Computer Science Center
Texas Instruments, Inc.
hollander@ti.com

The above statements are my own and not representative of Texas Instruments.