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FireFly and WinFBX?

Started by Bruce Huber, December 05, 2017, 06:58:16 PM

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Bruce Huber

Folks, I'm just now looking at WinFBX and that got me thinking... (Danger, Will Robinson!)

Paul, I've seen your comments that you are working on a visual designer for WinFBE...

In the meantime, I was wondering if there is any one-to-one (or close... or any) relationship between the output of FireFly's generated GUI code and WinFBX that would allow me to create a GUI layout in FireFly and use that code's info as a base for coding that GUI with WinFBX?  You know, pulling out coordinates, sizes, colors, etc.  (Please remember, if that sounds dumb - I've just started looking at WinFBX).

If it's feasible, that would make it a lot easier to get everything sized and lined up correctly - versus the 'try, try again' method of coding a GUI manually from scratch.

(Does Robby the Robot need to grab Will and carry him back into the spaceship now?)  [grin]

Thanks,
Bruce

Paul Squires

Last year I wrote a little utility that takes a FireFly form and outputs CWindow code. It is pretty primitive but it does help at last to get the form GUI up and running. I use it from time to time to quickly build a form in FireFly and then pop it over to WinFBE.
http://www.planetsquires.com/protect/forum/index.php?topic=3834.0

Paul Squires
PlanetSquires Software
WinFBE Editor and Visual Designer

Paul Squires

Visual Designer is coming along very well.
Paul Squires
PlanetSquires Software
WinFBE Editor and Visual Designer

Bruce Huber

Cool, Paul!  That utility is exactly what I was thinking.  And I'm glad to see that your WinFBE visual designer is getting very visual!

Richard Kelly

Quote from: Paul Squires on December 05, 2017, 09:46:40 PM
Visual Designer is coming along very well.

Rabid frothing in anticipation.

Rick Kelly