Reference for windows graphical interface

[h_amini]

I am going to create a windows graphical user interface for my program to select directories and files, and to initialize variables. In addition I am interested in drawing 2D geometries, 2D contours and 3D surfaces if they are not very time consuming.

I use Visual Fortran Compiler11.0.072on IA-32 and am novice at creating such interfaces. So I just wonder if you could tell the best way to do that. Please advise any book, website, subroutine, utility and software can be helpful.

Many thanks

Hamid

[Les_Neilson]

As a GUI starting pointlook at Jugoslav's xeffort library www.xeffort.com
Click on Xeffort Home and look at the samples.

Les

[h_amini]

Many thanks, seems very interesting to start. But what do you advise for more complex applications?

Hamid

Quoting - Les Neilson

As a GUI starting pointlook at Jugoslav's xeffort library www.xeffort.com
Click on Xeffort Home and look at the samples.

Les

Many thanks, seems very interesting to start. But what do you advise for more complex applications?

Hamid

[Les_Neilson]

Quoting - h.amini

Many thanks, seems very interesting to start. But what do you advise for more complex applications?

Hamid

Mmmm having worked for the last 30 years on applications that do 2d/3d geometry,geological modelling, contouring etc. there is no easy answer. It depends on what data you are trying to model. In many ways data management is the hard part, drawing it on a sceeen / plotter is "easy" after that.
You could look at dislin (free for non-commercial use) or gnuplot (free) to see if they help.

Les

[tropfen]

Hello,

the book is old (2002) but still usefull.

Norman Lawrence: Compaq Visual Fortran. A Guide to Creating Windows Applications.: A Guide to Creating Windows Applications
# ISBN-10: 1555582494
# ISBN-13: 978-1555582494

i have not fund big differences in the part of windows graphical interfaces between CVF and IVF.

the book also has an open gl part.

Frank

[h_amini]

Quoting - Les Neilson

Mmmm having worked for the last 30 years on applications that do 2d/3d geometry,geological modelling, contouring etc. there is no easy answer. It depends on what data you are trying to model. In many ways data management is the hard part, drawing it on a sceeen / plotter is "easy" after that.
You could look at dislin (free for non-commercial use) or gnuplot (free) to see if they help.

Les

I will go through the websites with due appreciation. I am attaching a simple of the data file and also the figures I need to draw.

I have also got the book Frank says (thank you Frank!) but I thoughtthat wasnot compatible with IVF!

Hamid

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Most of what is in the Lawrence book is applicable to IVF.