Re: Thinlets...any good?

Thinlet is a great alternative to Swing/SWT, especially if you need to 
keep the deployment size really small or your target platform is below 
JRE 1.4
In Theodore 1.x I had to make small modification on the Thinlet core. 
Therefore, I know it is possible but not easy.
Extensibility got a lot better. look for the common package in the 
release that came out just this month.
Tables are supported but you have to create and attach your own models 
(like you would do for all other widgets too).
Laying out your components is really easy - especially if you use a 
tool like the Theodore Thinlet Editor ;-)
http://www.carlsbadcubes.com/theodore/

	Wolf Paulus

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On Mar 19, 2004, at 5:35 PM, Kevin Duffey wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I know this is off topic, sorry. Always interested in
> SWT/Swing arguments, and I have seen thinlets a couple
> of times. The site is a bit hard to follow. So I am
> hoping Wolf, and anyone else who knows, you don't mind
> answering a couple questions?
>
> Thinlets, as i understand it is a GUI replacement for
> swing/swt, is that correct?
>
>> From what I can tell, it looks like the thinlets api
> has all the normal widgets. Does it support tables and
> trees? If so, to what extent are they like the swing
> versions? Do they support swappable table models, etc?
>
> If I were to use thinlets to build an application
> with, is it fairly robust to handle all types of apps,
> or is it really geared towards simple apps?
>
> How extensible is the api? Can I make my own
> components, with paint methods, etc? Does it follow
> the same premise of a main JFrame type of window, and
> everything else is lightweight? I can add stuff to
> panels, containers, etc? Does it have a layout manager
> type of setup?
>
> I am interested in using thinlets, especially with my
> plugin engine to provide a very small, fast UI
> alternative to using Swing/SWT, but only if it is
> capable of handling the majority of applications that
> would be written using Swing/SWT.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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