Cocoa NIB UI/XML --> Windows

FROM : Robert Curtis
DATE : Mon Oct 04 22:53:46 2004

Hi All,

Is anyone (else) working on the
Cocoa NIB UI/XML --> Windows resources
problem?

i.e. developing the UI in Cocoa NIBs/XML,
and then converting those xml files to
Windows (and motif) resource files (so that
your Cocoa NIBs can be a cross-platform
UI description source).

(Aside:  being able to compile C++ & ObjC on
Windows side is possible in GNUc, but not
currently in VC++, where most of the windows
people live;  so actually using the ObjC
code is not the (current) issue, but rather just
the UI stuff (with its basic functionality
converted to C++;  of course, this may restrict
how cute one can get in ObjC UI routines)).

I have read the discussion on wxWidgets and
swing/java etc.  We want to develop in Cocoa NIBs,
and then allow the Windows guys to use those
source nibs to generate the Windows UI code/rez files,
rather than use such toolkits as the previous (or Qt).

I'm happy to share such a converter (when we
finish it) with the group, for those who might
be interested.

I've started to dissect the XML Cocoa code;  I'd
just like to make sure I'm not reinventing a
headache.  It's not hard, just tedious.

-Robert

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