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Java Forum / GUI / August 2007which GUI library to use??
Hello, What would be the best cross-platform GUI library to use for a vector based CAD program ( something like Visio on Windows ) WxWidgets, Tk, PyQt, Java Swing, Java SWT,???? I need the capibility to draw and edit in a window that looks like a page of paper so WYSIWYG is very important, and I need to save the drawings in vector based file formats like PS, EPS, SVG, as well as image formats like jpg, png, and gif. Also, the images need to be high resolution so that they can be pasted into various other programs in Windows OS, and Linux OS, and the Mac OS. Scripting is also a requirement. Thanks in advance, Dan > Hello, <http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/default.asp> > > Hello, > > <http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/default.asp> This is for a startup company with no cash for hiring outside help. I was just looking for opinions from experience users of with some of these GUI libs. Java/SWT Java/Swing Tcl/Tk Python with Cairo ( PyGTK ) Python/Java with Qt Python with wxWdigets C++ with wxWidgets Thanks again for any help in advance, >What would be the best cross-platform GUI library to use for a vector >based CAD program ( something like Visio on Windows ) WxWidgets, >Tk, PyQt, Java Swing, Java SWT,???? Normally you would use Swing unless you had some pressing need for something else. SWT is a stripped down Swing you would use in conjunction with Jet when you need high speed, but you are willing to give up platform independence. Swing is the only one you will get much help with on newsgroups. AWT is used when you want to support ancient browsers with ancient Javas.  SignatureRoedy Green Canadian Mind Products The Java Glossary http://mindprod.com On Aug 21, 10:35 pm, Roedy Green <see_webs...@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote: > >What would be the best cross-platform GUI library to use for a vector > >based CAD program ( something like Visio on Windows ) WxWidgets, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products > The Java Glossaryhttp://mindprod.com Ok, thanks. I actually have the application partially done using Java/Swing but I'm not sure if I can save to the drawings done with Java2D to SVG, PDF, and PS, and make high resolution images (PNG, GIF, JPG), and also produce WYSIWYG printer outputs? How accurate is the screen DPI java2D draws compared to the higher DPI resolutions of printers? Will I be able to get WYSIWYG results for images, vector drawings, and printer outputs? Thanks, Dan >Ok, thanks. I actually have the application partially done using >Java/Swing but I'm not sure if I can save to the drawings done with >Java2D to SVG, PDF, and PS, and make high resolution images (PNG, >GIF, JPG), >and also produce WYSIWYG printer outputs? things to check out: http://mindprod.com/jgloss/gifencoder.html http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jpgencoder.html http://mindprod.com/jgloss/printing.html http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jai.html to get PostScript I think your best bet would be to use a PostScript printer driver and write to a file. The PS is going to be pretty ugly compared with what you would generate directly. SVG I don't know about. What you might try there is converting captured printer metafile output if you can't find a more direct solution. The approach I would use is to create some high level drawing tools that are basically just wrappers for some subset of the Sun drawing tools, and do my drawing with them. Then I could slip in implementations that emit clean SVG and PS, using a custom PS prelude to keep the code terse and readable. I prefer that approach since it is 100% under my control, and the code won't stop working if something inside Java or metafiles changes. The only really tricky part then is converting images to PS image format and compressing them. You might dig around in http://mindprod.com/jgloss/ps.html or http://mindprod.com/jgloss/pdf.html for tools to handle that. SignatureRoedy Green Canadian Mind Products The Java Glossary http://mindprod.com chewie54 wrote on 20.08.2007 17:45: > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > they can be pasted into various other programs in Windows OS, and > Linux OS, and the Mac OS. Scripting is also a requirement. There are a lot of graphing libraries out there. The NetBeans platform has a graphing library that integrates with their framework (http://graph.netbeans.org). So if you are planning to base your application on the NetBeans platform that would probably be the first choice. The Eclipse RCP framework as a similar thing (GEF, I believe) If you are not using one those platforms, there are some "stand-alone" libraries out there. I have never used one of those (the project where I intended to use one did not happen), but some of them look quite good: http://www.jgraph.com/jgraph.html (commercial and GPL version) http://www.yworks.com/en/index.html http://jgrapht.sourceforge.net/ You are the only one to decide which of them is the right one for your job. JGraph has a pretty impressing list of applications using it. Thomas Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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