From: Jon Kalb (jonkalb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-25 14:57:32
This sounds to me like the goals of the Whisper framework. Check out
Whisper 2 on source forge.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden]
> [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of E. Gladyshev
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 11:11 AM
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: [boost] GUI/GDI template library
>
>
> I was thinking about designing a GUI/GDI template
> library.
>
> The main ideas are:
> 1. Create a portable template abstraction for standard
> GUI/GDI elements and dialog boxes.
> 2. Design an "iterator-like" interface.
> 3. The most important goal is design a natural
> connection between STL containers and GUI elements, so
> that STL data can be easily presented in the GUI
> environment.
>
> For example
> template < typename IT, typename PhysicalGuiLayer >
> class ListControl
> {
> public:
> template < typename Filter, typename Format >
> void push_back( IT& FirstIt,
> IT& EndIt,
> Filter& filter,
> Format& format )
> {
> for( IT it = FirstIt; it < EndIt; ++it )
> {
> if( filter(it) )
> {
> PhysicalGuiLayer::list_add_item(
> m_hnd,
> format.get_list_item(it)
> );
> }
> }
> }
> };
>
> Does something similar exist already?
> It seems like a challenging project. If anybody is
> interested, let me know.
>
> Eugene
>
>
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