What are alternatives to VB Rich Text Box?

[Dan Christensen]

I have written a small application in VB6 -- a kind of special purpose text
editor. There seem to be many annoying glitches in VB's rich text box
control, however. Performance on larger files has suffered as a result of
various work-arounds I have had to use. And there some very annoying,
nonstandard "features." Are there any C++ alternatives I could use?

Dan

 

[Jonathan Turkanis]

I have written a small application in VB6 -- a kind of special purpose text
editor. There seem to be many annoying glitches in VB's rich text box
control, however. Performance on larger files has suffered as a result of
various work-arounds I have had to use. And there some very annoying,
nonstandard "features." Are there any C++ alternatives I could use?

I don't use VB, but having used the win32 API, I wouldn't be surprised
to learn that the glitches are problems with the underlying API, not
with VB.

There are alternatives. However, if you want to stick with microsoft,
you should post to a microsoft group; if you are willing to consider
any C++ user interface system, there are several, but this is still
not an appropriate group since the C++ standard library contains no
GUI facilities.

Jonathan

 

[Dan Christensen]

I don't use VB, but having used the win32 API, I wouldn't be surprised
to learn that the glitches are problems with the underlying API, not
with VB.

There are alternatives. However, if you want to stick with microsoft,
you should post to a microsoft group;

I posted a similar question in a VB group and got no replies.


if you are willing to consider

any C++ user interface system, there are several, but this is still
not an appropriate group since the C++ standard library contains no
GUI facilities.

How depressing!

What C++ user interface systems then are to be recommended on the basis of
reliabillity and easy of use for my type of application?

Dan

 

[Mike Wahler]

I posted a similar question in a VB group and got no replies.


if you are willing to consider

How depressing!

What C++ user interface systems then are to be recommended on the basis of
reliabillity and easy of use for my type of application?

- You haven't really described your 'type' of application.

- You'll need to decide for yourself whether a particular library is 'easy
to use'.

- Most library suppliers provide mailing lists, testimonials, etc. where one
can discover the opinions of others about things like reliablity, etc.


IMO a good place to start would be Nikki Locke's
"Available C++ Libraries FAQ":

http://www.trumphurst.com/cpplibs/cpplibs.phtml

(link lifted from the the C++ FAQ,
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/class-libraries.html#faq-36.9 )

-Mike