Doug Holton <insert@spam.here> wrote in message news:<x6GdnezbarxCrgfcRVn-1w@comcast.com>...
> Tommy Carlier wrote:
> > I'm curious: has anyone ever created an alternative for Windows Forms?
> > Maybe a more lightweight GUI library that replaces Windows Forms for
> > the .NET Framework?
>
> There are others like GTK#, WX.NET, QT#, FLTK.NET.  I'm assuming by
> lightweight you mean simpler to use (instead of lightweight like java's
> swing).  None of the other gui toolkits are simpler to use than
> Windows.Forms though.  They do work on other platforms besides Windows.
>
> GTK# starter resources:
> http://www.go-mono.com/gtk-sharp.html
> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5390
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/excerpt/MonoTDN_chap1/?page=last
>
> One thing that makes it harder is the programming language.  You might
> check out boo, which is simple to use like python, but works for .NET:
> http://boo.codehaus.org/
> Here's a sample program:
>
> import System.Windows.Forms from System.Windows.Forms
>
> f = Form(Text: "Hello")
>
> b = Button(Text: "Click Me",
>             Dock : DockStyle.Fill)
>
> b.Click += do ():
>      print "clicked"
>
> f.Controls.Add(b)
> Application.Run(f)

"Tommy Carlier" <tommy.carl***@telenet.be> wrote in message
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> I'm curious: has anyone ever created an alternative for Windows Forms?
> Maybe a more lightweight GUI library that replaces Windows Forms for
> the .NET Framework?

"Frank Hileman" <frankhil@no.spamming.prodigesoftware.com> wrote in message
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> If by lightweight, you mean vector graphics controls, and not win32
> controls, it is being done with VG.net. We are creating some standard base
> classes now. Mainly it has been used for non-standard GUI elements so far.
>
> Regards,
> Frank Hileman
>
> check out VG.net: www.vgdotnet.com
> Animated vector graphics system
> Integrated Visual Studio .NET graphics editor
>
> "Tommy Carlier" <tommy.carl***@telenet.be> wrote in message
> news:68370490.0411160816.476ed79f@posting.google.com...
>> I'm curious: has anyone ever created an alternative for Windows Forms?
>> Maybe a more lightweight GUI library that replaces Windows Forms for
>> the .NET Framework?
>
>