[Mono-list] OT: GTK+ on windows

[Jaroslaw Kowalski]

It's not a mater of using themes. It's about using windows-provided methods
for rendering some widgets (menu bars, owner drawn buttons, scrollbars,
perhaps listviews, treeviews, etc.)

For me, for the app to be usable on Windows it must have standard Windows
menu and standard scroll bars, that behave exactly the way MS gives them to
you. The behavious isn't consistent among different versions of Windows, but
there are APIs that let you make use of it.

I remember I've made an application 4 years ago (using Win32, for Win98),
never recompiled it and today it's taking full advantage of all additions MS
has made to Windows GUI.
I don't use fancy features like sliding or fading menu bars but some people
do.

The real question is: since GTK seems to draw all widgets by itself, is it
EVER possible to use
Windows-provided methods in (at least) some cases?

Jarek

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Morgan" <danmorg@sc.rr.com>
To: "Jaroslaw Kowalski" <jarek@atm.com.pl>; <mono-list@ximian.com>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 2:10 PM
Subject: RE: [Mono-list] OT: GTK+ on windows


> I don't think static linking is a good idea for something as big and
complex
> as gtk+ and gtk#.
>
> Have you looked at the pretty GTK+ 2.0 runtime for windows from dropline?
> http://www.dropline.net/jade/download.html
> They even have a pretty GTK+ 2.0 runtime for linux too.
>
> GTK+ allows it to be themeable and customable.  However, the default look
> and feel of gtk+ is ugly.
>
> How does one customize gtk+ to look nicer?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mono-list-admin@ximian.com [mailto:mono-list-admin@ximian.com]On
> Behalf Of Jaroslaw Kowalski
> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 4:11 AM
> To: mono-list@ximian.com
> Subject: [Mono-list] OT: GTK+ on windows
>
>
> This is VERY Off Topic, but some of you guys seem to be very familiar with
> GTK, so maybe you can clarify things for me:
>
> I've installed GTK# and GTK+ on Windows and have some questions.
> The whole idea of having GTK+/GTK# on Windows is cool, but:
>
> 1. Is it possible to statically compile GTK+ programs (using C, not C#) so
> they wouldn't require few megs of DLLs? I assume that by static linking
only
> functions that are actually used would get linked in.
>
> 2. As a long-time Windows user, I don't like the way GTK+ renders menus,
> buttons and scrollbars. Is it possible to:
>
> - use standard windows menus and menu bars (perhaps with owner-draw
options)
> instead of custom-drawn? No matter how much time you're going to spend
> emulating windows l&f, you're never gonna get it. MS seems to change the
> feel of menus with every win version and by using owner draw mechanism you
> can adhere to it.
>
> - use standard windows buttons instead of GTK buttons. You can also use
> owner draw here, and it gives you the correct behaviour.
>
> 3. As a long-time Win32 programmer I have some questions:
>
> - Is it possible to use standard windows colors. There are 2 Win32 APIs
> GetSysColor() and GetSysColorBrush() that can be used to achieve this.
>
> - Is it possible (in general) to use CreateWindow()-based controls as
> widgets with GTK+ windows. In particular is it possible to use windowed
> ActiveX controls?
>
> Jarek
>
>
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