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GUI Creator

Guns of FunGuns of Fun Posts: 26
edited 2009-08-31 04:07 in General Discussion
Does anyone know of any software that I can program a simple GUI(say for a small touch panel)?· I need something that is closer to WYSIWYG than text based.· I would ideally prefer something I can run on my Ubuntu Linux machine.

Oh yeah.· Something that is as close to free as possible.

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  • mikedivmikediv Posts: 825
    edited 2009-08-26 00:34
    Guns I am not sure I understand you, do you want GUI software that runs on your PC{Linux} or are you looking for a stand alone GUI program for a controller with LCD???? If the later we would need to know what controller what LCD?
    If you are just looking for a GUI program to run on your Linux PC like a cad program I have a few I just need a little more info to help
  • Guns of FunGuns of Fun Posts: 26
    edited 2009-08-26 00:36
    Sorry.

    I meant software that would allow me to create my own GUI running on a linux or Windows CE platform.· Something like VB but less costly.
  • SRLMSRLM Posts: 5,045
    edited 2009-08-26 01:14
    I believe that there is a free version of VB. But, to give a better answer, what language are you looking for? Basic? Java? C++? Something else?
  • Guns of FunGuns of Fun Posts: 26
    edited 2009-08-26 01:31
    Im not a software guy.· What Im doing is not graphics intensive, so the simpler the better.
  • SRLMSRLM Posts: 5,045
    edited 2009-08-26 02:29
    What do you need it to do? Does it need access to a COM port or other computer resources such as disks?
  • Guns of FunGuns of Fun Posts: 26
    edited 2009-08-26 03:12
    Thanks Guys I found it.

    Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition

    I am designing an automated medical instrument in the cancer diagnostic field (Sounds fancy huh? It all looks the same once you open up the box).·

    It will have a small GUI that communicates with multiple Props.· Each prop will control heat, vacuum, and pressure in the instrument.· The GUI is mainly used for a visual representation of the processes going on and to allow for some manual operations by the user or field service engineer.
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  • bentybenty Posts: 20
    edited 2009-08-26 03:55
    You can always try Boa Constructor too if VB doesn't work out for you, it's completely free. Its a GUI development thingamajig that uses Python(which I think is a pretty easy language to pick up). Might need to look at a few tutorials online but once you get the hang of it things go really quick...
  • hinvhinv Posts: 1,255
    edited 2009-08-30 04:09
    I would use Tcl/Tk. It is easy to learn, and a great prototyping language. The book "Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk" will help you get started. If you do some investigating, you will find several linux applications that use it. Because of this, it is probably already installed on your linux box.
    BTW, it is cross platform. I even have it for Windows Mobile on my Axim.

    Just throwing my 10 bits in,

    Doug
  • Guns of FunGuns of Fun Posts: 26
    edited 2009-08-30 15:01
    Quick follow up

    I'd like to thank everyone for their suggestions.· I tried VB Express 2008 and Boa Constructor.·

    Like everything Microsoft, VB Express·is bulky, slow, and buggy.

    Boa Constructor was much better.· Does the same thing and is a lot smaller.

    I still have some more to try, but I am off to a good start.

    Thanks again
  • mctriviamctrivia Posts: 3,772
    edited 2009-08-30 15:39
    4D Systems has some nice touch screens and there own language that is supose to be easy. been wanting to play with one but don't have the money at the time to buy the screen.

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  • Guns of FunGuns of Fun Posts: 26
    edited 2009-08-31 01:46
    @hinv

    I checked out Tcl/Tk, but it looks like you need VB to compile it.



    @mctrivia

    Those 4D chips look cool.· And cheap at 10 bucks.· Their development kits were a bit confusing.· It looks like they all are based around their OLED modules.

    Thanks guys
  • science_geekscience_geek Posts: 247
    edited 2009-08-31 01:59
    From experience with 4d systems i have to say that the oled displays are amazing. i really wish they would make a bigger one like my current display (800x480) and that they would be 12 volt compatible(i accidently overvolted mine). They work great if using the 4d systems. when i used mine it was kinda hard to get it to talk to another micro but they have come along way since then.

    as far as a gui creator goes i have found vb to get me·the best results for gui looks, but i usually just copy over the screen to my prop and display just to get an idea for what i want. i dont do anything to fancy with it as far as coding goes.·
  • jazzedjazzed Posts: 11,803
    edited 2009-08-31 04:07
    @Guns, Tk is also available in Python as Tkinter. Tkinter is a code-it GUI maker ... don't know if there is a point-click-drag app for it. Tcl/Tk was written for unix/linux originally.

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