RE: [SLUG] A JAVA Question.

From: Levi Bard (levi@bard.sytes.net)
Date: Wed Mar 26 2003 - 14:46:28 EST


Does VisualCafe just use AWT? I had the impression that it used a
proprietary gui...

Levi

> I will assume the program was programmed using the AWT
> api and you wish to update it to use the SWING api.
> These api's are just the GUI portion of Java so to
> answer your question: Firstly, standard java any
> version will run on MS winders whatever(98,nt,2000,xp)
> with one caveat.. if MS J+ VM will not run without
> error you need to disable it and install IBM or SUN's
> VM wich is totally standard. Secondly, updating a
> Java program from 1.1,1.2 AWT to 1.3,1.4 SWING is a
> rewrite or port of the application not a configuration
> issue. There are many advantages to SWING not the
> least of which is that it is many times faster than
> AWT and it provides a much cleaner and intuitive
> interface for you programs.
>
> Hope this answers some of your questions.
>
> Rob
>
> --- wchast@utilpart.com wrote:
>> Thnk you, I had sort of suspected as much though I
>> am not
>> totally giving up.
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Levi Bard [mailto:levi@bard.sytes.net]
>> > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 10:16 AM
>> > To: slug@nks.net
>> > Subject: Re: [SLUG] A JAVA Question.
>> >
>> >
>> > I've never used visual cafe, so caveat. I would
>> say that
>> > it's going to be
>> > a rewrite, unless someone has made a script to
>> translate VC
>> > boilerplate
>> > into Swing widgets.
>> > By converting to Swing, the app will become
>> accessible to
>> > anyone with a
>> > version 1.2 or later JVM. Code clarity, on the
>> other hand, is in the
>> > hands of the coder.
>> >
>> > HTH,
>> > Levi
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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