Re: Future of C++ and .NET/WinFX

From: Ioannis Vranos (ivr_at_guesswh.at.grad.com)
Date: 10/06/04

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    Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 23:18:29 +0300

    Mark wrote:

    > So if I understand you correctly, here are the options
    > for GUI development:-
    >
    > 1. Win32 GDI
    > 2. GDI+
    > 3. .Net forms
    > 4. Avalon
    >
    > Items 1-3 are going to be obsoleted in the next version of
    > windows (ie no improvements will be made).
    >
    > So what are we supposed to do in the mean time?????
    >
    > This is a bad situation for developers. Why should we have
    > to rewrite our GUI's every 2 years on the whim of a microsoft
    > fad?
    >
    > What I would like to happen is for the GDI+ library
    > to be finished properly, and that the Win32 API calls
    > for menus etc be updated to the new look/feel automatically
    > (as the file open dialogs are).

    No WinFX will be .NET (.NET becomes WinFX including Avalon). For past
    versions of Windows, new versions of .NET will keep coming out. 

    -- 
Ioannis Vranos
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