gui

Blackberry - custom BubbleChartField

I need to develop a blackberry application which should show a bubble chart. How to implement custom control for this purpose? thanks. ...

Java SWT - Text on Transparent Shell?

In Java SWT, is there a way to draw text on a transparent shell so that only the text appears visible? What I would like to do is have the text appear on my desktop without any background window. Using shell.setAlpha() will make the entire shell transparent, including any elements that appear on it (which I am trying to avoid). ...

What's the C++ GUI building option with the easiest learning curve - VS/Qt/wxWidgets/etc.?

I'm looking to be able to build GUI applications quickly and painlessly as possible. I'm competent (though not expert, and have no formal training) in C++, but have never used a GUI building toolkit or framework or anything. I am not a professional programmer and am totally inexperienced and ignorant when it comes to building GUI apps. H...

I'm seeing artifacts when I attempt to rotate an image

This is the before: znd after: EDIT:: Now that I look at imageshack's upload, the artifacts are diminished a great deal.. but trust me, they are more pronounced than that. I don't understand why this is happening. Imageshack uploads them to jpg, but in my program they are in the image folder as .tif (The reason for .tif is because I ...

I can't get the transparency in my images to work.

Stemming from this question of mine: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1191093/im-seeing-artifacts-when-i-attempt-to-rotate-an-image In the source code there, I am loading a TIF because I can't for the life of me get any other image format to load the transparency parts correctly. I've tried PNG, GIF, & TGA. I'd would like to be able t...

Where are examples of great program UI's built free with Winforms?

I'm trying to decide between Winforms and WPF for a C# application. I want a good free UI and I know WPF would make a great one. But how good can a free UI look built on Winforms? I've read that Paint.net was built on Winforms, but I don't think the UI is very attractive. I'm looking for the freshest looking free UI's that can be b...

How to build UIs like skype

I want to know how can I build UIs like skype using standard .Net/C#. Is it possible at all? Thanks ...

Dealing with the "double margin" problem between GUI elements

While creating GUIs I've come across the "double margin" problem several times, where two elements have the same margin defined and end up being spaced twice as far apart as I intended. One solution I use is to define the margin on only some sides of the element (for example, only on the top if I expect elements to be stacked vertically...

Free or open source Tree-grid for C#?

Is there any Tree-Grid component that is freely available for a C# project? ...

Will WPF be the savior for our lack luster UI’s?

I was reading Pro WPF in C# 2008 yesterday (in anonymous bookstore) and in chapter 2 they mention that XAML allows for the graphic design and the programmer to be completely independent. It got me wondering if most companies are moving toward having dedicated design specialists for implementing there UI’s? I know at our company we have...

Good resources for GUI creation in Visual Studio

I'm working more and more with desktop applications, and my GUIs SUCK. I'm familiar with the basics of GUI design, but am having trouble putting them into practice. What I'm looking for are good (or at least decent) guides to building (not designing!) a GUI in Visual Studio. Failing that (I've not found much via the usual sources), I ...

What's wrong with beans binding

I am starting work on a project that has some code written in BeansBinding. It seems to work, but I found this scary post: http://weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici/archive/2009/03/lets_fork_beans.html It appears that development on BeansBinding has stopped. Why wouldn't this ambitious developer just pick up where the other develop...

Free or open source Diagram component for C#?

Is there any Diagramming component that is freely available for a C# project? If possible one that allows you to click and edit the diagram nodes. ...

Is there Delphi's ActionManager alternative in Visual Studio

I am relatively new to VS and C# but have years of experience in Delphi. One of the my favorite components when designing GUI in Delphi is ActionManager - centralized way to assign event handlers for actions as well as enabling/disabling them. Surprisingly, I can't find anything like this in Visual Studio 2008 Professional. I am sure t...

wxPython: Handling events in a widget that is inside a notebook

I have a wxPython notebook, in this case a wx.aui.AuiNotebook. (but this problem has happened with other kinds of notebooks as well.) In my notebook I have a widget, in this case a subclass of ScrolledPanel, for which I am trying to do some custom event handling (for wx.EVT_KEY_DOWN). However, the events are not being handled. I checked ...

how to handle+communicate low level errors to wpf gui?

Heya I have a WPF gui that has an instance of a class called Manager, which essentially manages certain communication and data functions. I have try/catch blocks in my Manager, but I would like to know the best practice to communicate this to the gui. For example, clicking a button generates an onClick event, and in that code I woul...

What would a multithreaded UI api look like, and what advantages would it provide?

Or, equivalently, how would you design such an API. Expected/example usage would be illustrative as well. My curiosity comes directly from the comments (and subsequent editting on my part) of this answer. Similar questions/discussions in the past provide a bit of inspiration to actually asking it. Executive summary: I don't feel a mu...

Action commands vs Action classes?!

A shout out to the Swing gurus out there!! I've been doing Swing programming for several years but have always been unclear on this. As you know Swing/AWT gives you several ways to execute a particular action when a button is clicked. I've seen it done several different ways in the applications I've worked on. The project I'm currentl...

What technologies are you using to create your desktop UI

For the last few years i have been working as a web developer. So my desktop development skills are a little rusty. I am aware of Adobe AIR, winforms, WFP and silverlight 3.0. I was wandering what other UI frameworks/technologies people are using to implement desktop applications. ...

wxPython: Changing the color scheme of a wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl

I have a PyShell, which is supposed to be derived from wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl. How do I change the color scheme it uses? ...