Making Windows GUI programs

[Olivier Dagenais]

It used to be that 0 out of 8 people found the answer useful (including me),
which is why I changed it (added twice to it) in the first place.  However,
it didn't reset that counter, so really 3 out of 4 people found it useful...
: )

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Olivier A. Dagenais - Carleton University - Computer Science III
olivier.dagenais at canada.com


"Fiona Czuczman" <fiona at sitegnome.com> wrote in message
news:397A529E.900C180A at sitegnome.com...
> Olivier Dagenais wrote:
> >
> > I recommend wxPython ( www.wxpython.org )
> >
> > http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/view.phtml/aid/3565/fid/473
>
> Looking at the answer in FAQTs, only 3 out of 12 people said the answer
> was useful..
>
> I'm very tempted to remove this answer altogether, so, this is a call to
> improve the current answer.
>
> As it stands currently:
>
> --------start----------
>
> What is wxPython? How does it compare with Tkinter?
>
> Fiona Czuczman, Olivier Dagenais
> Shae Erisson,
> http://www.lpthe.jussieu.fr/~zeitlin/wxWindows/docs/wxwin465.htm#wxpother
>
>
> wxPython [ http://www.wxpython.org ] is a set of Python bindings for
> the GUI toolkit wxWindows [ http://www.wxwindows.org ], that was
> written as a C++ library to provide a platform-independant way of
> implementing rich and fast user interfaces.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> I chose wxPython over Tkinter (for my projects) because:
> - wxWindows seems to have more widgets than Tk
> - special widgets (like the TreeView) are implemented using the
> operating system's native implementations, not complete re-writes
> - it's more than a "lowest common denominator" among platforms,
> wxWindows seeks to provide the same, advanced functionality on all
> platforms, even if it means they have to write a lot of code to
> complement a platform's native component
> - wxWindows seems to cover more ground, in terms of functionality (it's
> more than a GUI toolkit, it also seeks to provide functions/classes for
> files, threads, printing, clipboard, networking, ODBC, etc...)
> - I was *really* impressed with the wxPython demo
>
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>
> The wxWindows documentation emphasizes the "less good" points of other
> GUI toolkits (namely Tkinter) to motivate wxPython:
>
> http://www.lpthe.jussieu.fr/~zeitlin/wxWindows/docs/wxwin465.htm#wxpothe
> r
>
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>
> Thanks,
>
> Fiona Czuczman
>
>
> >
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> > Olivier A. Dagenais - Carleton University - Computer Science III
> >
> > "Nicko" <nick_p at dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
> > news:8F776CE84nickperkinsusanet at 203.2.75.243...
> > > Hi. I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of some
GUI
> > > help for windows. I would like to write a program using the windows
API
> > > set, but the help file that came in the win32all package doesn't make
any
> > > sence to me. If someone can point me in the direction of maybe a
tutorial
> > > or a nice document that can help, I would be greatful
> > >
> > > Thanks in Advance,
> > > Nick Perkins
>
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