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From: jazzbeau@netcom.com (Steve Barnette)
Subject: Re: Smalltalk support of MSWindows tech. (fwd)
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Your gonna have to wait for OLE 2.0. I don't know if you have studied up 
on it, but OLE 2 is DAMM UGLY to work with. ST wrappers will eventually 
show up. OLE 1 and DDE are supported in ST for Windows. 

I wish I could remember where I read the article, but even Microsoft is
regretting how difficult OLE 2 is to use.

Steve B.





Smalltalker (rayhorn@mercury.interpath.net) wrote:
: Smalltalk/V Win32s and the soon to be release v3.0 supports Win3.1 
: development very nicely. VWin32s comes with DDE support out of the box 
: and I'm sure you could wrapper any OLE DLLs that might be needed rather 
: easily to achieve that level of support.

: VWin32s comes with a very rich set of Win3.1 windowing classes and you 
: should by all means purchase WindowBuilder/Pro + SubPanes/V + WidgetKit 
: CUA'91 to make your GUI building chores much easier.

: Also don't forget to purchase Envy/Developer and Smalltalker-Pro v2.0 
: while you're at it to take care of your Configuration Management and 
: software development needs.

: Cheers,
: Ray Horn, President/CEO, Hierarchical Applications Limited (HAL)

: Creators of "Smalltalker-Pro 2.0" from HAL enhances the ENVY(R)/Developer
: environment from OTI. ENVY (R) Object Technology International Inc. 



: ---------- Forwarded message ----------
: Date: 28 Oct 1994 13:48:35 GMT
: From: Chris Jones <cjones@unity.ncsu.edu>
: Subject: Smalltalk support of MSWindows tech.

: Our organization is currently evaluating Smalltalk as a possible platform 
: for a Lab automation project which will have to integrate into an 
: existing Windows environment.

: Several of us were wondering if and how Smalltalk supports Windows 
: technologies such as DDE, OLE 2.0, pen based computing on notebooks?  Are 
: there existing Class objects available to use?

: Thanks in advance, Chris


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Steve Barnette                                             
jazzbeau@netcom.com

If you don't wake up in the mornin' with bullfrogs on your mind.
You have a hole in your Soul.


