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]

Re: What are alternatives to VB Rich Text Box?

"Dan Christensen" <dchris@allstre am.net> wrote in message
news:8tWQb.452$ l4.1727@tor-nn1.netcom.ca.. .[color=blue]
> I have written a small application in VB6 -- a kind of special[/color]
purpose text[color=blue]
> editor. There seem to be many annoying glitches in VB's rich text[/color]
box[color=blue]
> control, however. Performance on larger files has suffered as a[/color]
result of[color=blue]
> various work-arounds I have had to use. And there some very[/color]
annoying,[color=blue]
> nonstandard "features." Are there any C++ alternatives I could use?
>[/color]

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]

Re: What are alternatives to VB Rich Text Box?


"Jonathan Turkanis" <technews@kanga roologic.com> wrote in message
news:bv1cnm$mv8 rt$1@ID-216073.news.uni-berlin.de...[color=blue]
> "Dan Christensen" <dchris@allstre am.net> wrote in message
> news:8tWQb.452$ l4.1727@tor-nn1.netcom.ca.. .[color=green]
> > I have written a small application in VB6 -- a kind of special[/color]
> purpose text[color=green]
> > editor. There seem to be many annoying glitches in VB's rich text[/color]
> box[color=green]
> > control, however. Performance on larger files has suffered as a[/color]
> result of[color=green]
> > various work-arounds I have had to use. And there some very[/color]
> annoying,[color=green]
> > nonstandard "features." Are there any C++ alternatives I could use?
> >[/color]
>
> 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;[/color]

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


if you are willing to consider[color=blue]
> 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.
>[/color]

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]

Re: [FAQ, link] What are alternatives to VB Rich Text Box?


"Dan Christensen" <dchris@allstre am.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Jonathan Turkanis" <technews@kanga roologic.com> wrote in message
> news:bv1cnm$mv8 rt$1@ID-216073.news.uni-berlin.de...[color=green]
> > "Dan Christensen" <dchris@allstre am.net> wrote in message
> > news:8tWQb.452$ l4.1727@tor-nn1.netcom.ca.. .[color=darkred]
> > > I have written a small application in VB6 -- a kind of special[/color]
> > purpose text[color=darkred]
> > > editor. There seem to be many annoying glitches in VB's rich text[/color]
> > box[color=darkred]
> > > control, however. Performance on larger files has suffered as a[/color]
> > result of[color=darkred]
> > > various work-arounds I have had to use. And there some very[/color]
> > annoying,[color=darkred]
> > > nonstandard "features." Are there any C++ alternatives I could use?
> > >[/color]
> >
> > 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;[/color]
>
> I posted a similar question in a VB group and got no replies.
>
>
> if you are willing to consider[color=green]
> > 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.
> >[/color]
>
> 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?[/color]

- 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-lit....html#faq-36.9 )

-Mike