MFC vs. Arx

[Anonymous]

When desiging interfaces for Arx programs, is there any benefit to using
Arx's derivatives over straight MFC? Obviously there is for things like
numerical edits, color combos etc. but what about plain old dialogs or
even tabbed dialogs? Should I use Arx's or just stick with MFC?
Thanks, perry

[Anonymous]

perry wrote:
> When desiging interfaces for Arx programs, is there any benefit to using
> Arx's derivatives over straight MFC? Obviously there is for things like
> numerical edits, color combos etc. but what about plain old dialogs or
> even tabbed dialogs? Should I use Arx's or just stick with MFC?
> Thanks, perry
Hmmm, guess its moot.

[Anonymous]

Personally I prefer the MFC thingees,
but reasons, well, hmmff, I already
know them... And I reuse code better,
since the same screens I make for
autoCAD are used by people who
don't have autoCAD.....

[Anonymous]

I never found much use for MFC in ObjectARX. But when I started programming ADT, I had no choice as all their dialogs are derived from MFC classes.

On the plus side at least I get input boxes for arch units that are easy to use.

But using windows forms in dotnet and calling them from managed C++ is much easier, I use them whenever I can.

[Anonymous]

Well, i know this isn't going to be much help - but i've never used the ARX
dialog types. I've been writing ARX for more than five years, and the only
AcUi or AdUi class i ever use is the DockControlBar (and its derivatives).
I have written several extremely UI intensive apps, but i never felt the
need to use anything over MFC.

So basically the point i'm trying to make is that you certainly don't NEED
to use the ARX dialog types. But don't take my word for it, cause i like to
reinvent UI components as much as possible... haha.

Hope that was helpful.

-Rich


"perry" wrote in message
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When desiging interfaces for Arx programs, is there any benefit to using
Arx's derivatives over straight MFC? Obviously there is for things like
numerical edits, color combos etc. but what about plain old dialogs or
even tabbed dialogs? Should I use Arx's or just stick with MFC?
Thanks, perry