VB6 like in Linux

[tjbradford]

Odd Question and one that is most lighty going to get me shot down , but here goes!

Does anyone know of an app builder like vb6

basically we need a quick GUI that will look all pretty for our users as a script seems to scare them , I have never really needed to do anything like this so have no idea where to start , any ideas would be great

Thanks

 

[DonQuichote]

Just search the net or your package manager. There are a few around. I never tried them though.

For simple GUI programs, I use python and the (standard) tkinter library. But if you want something anyway attractive, you could better try QT or GTK+ libraries.

+++ Despite being wrong in every important aspect, that is a very good analogy +++
Hex (in Darwin's Watch)

 

[BadBigBen]

Yep, I was about to suggest the last two also (QT all flashy, neat I-Candy, and GTK more general purpose but can be decked out)...

PS: SuSE comes with QT, and it's install GUI is written there in...


Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

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[zeland]

If you have already invested time and effort into building your shell scripts, why not try zenity to GUI-fy them.

--== Anything can go wrong. It's just a matter of how far wrong it will go till people think its right. ==--

 

[xwb]

Try Tcl/Tk. Have a look at

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Scripting-GUI-TclTk/

If you're familiar with VB6, Tcl has a half C half VB6 syntax. Apparently it is portable to Windows as well.

If you have access to SunOS, they used to have a variant of ksh with a Motif interface. Great for GUIfiying scripts. I prefer this to Tcl/Tk but it is only available on SunOS and you have to know Motif.

 

[Ninpo]

How about Mono?

http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page