GUI front end solutions

Galahad/FLT · 21 July 2020, 02:45

So, back in the day, AmiMasterGear and other emulators by the same guy, had a rather nice GUI frontend to select roms, do settings and that kind of thing.

Was this all custom programmed by the emulator author, or is there a specific GUI coding framework people can use to incorporate into their work to make one?

Radertified · 21 July 2020, 02:51

The sources are on Aminet: https://aminet.net/package/misc/emu/AmiMasterGear_asm

Looks like he used GadTools. Not sure if he coded his own framework that encompassed GadTools or anything like that. I'm sure a quick look at the source would reveal all.

Daedalus · 21 July 2020, 13:20

Yeah, GadTools is simple enough, perhaps restrictively so compared to modern solutions or even MUI, but it's easy to program and effective.

I haven't looked at the AmiMasterGear source, but the files list suggests it used GadToolsBox, which is a GUI editor that generates source code you can then include in your code. Saves faffing with the boilerplate code of managing GadTools.

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Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 8,986	GUI front end solutions So, back in the day, AmiMasterGear and other emulators by the same guy, had a rather nice GUI frontend to select roms, do settings and that kind of thing. Was this all custom programmed by the emulator author, or is there a specific GUI coding framework people can use to incorporate into their work to make one?

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21 July 2020, 02:51	#2
Radertified Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: - Posts: 728	The sources are on Aminet: https://aminet.net/package/misc/emu/AmiMasterGear_asm Looks like he used GadTools. Not sure if he coded his own framework that encompassed GadTools or anything like that. I'm sure a quick look at the source would reveal all.

21 July 2020, 13:20	#3
Daedalus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dublin, then Glasgow Posts: 6,334	Yeah, GadTools is simple enough, perhaps restrictively so compared to modern solutions or even MUI, but it's easy to program and effective. I haven't looked at the AmiMasterGear source, but the files list suggests it used GadToolsBox, which is a GUI editor that generates source code you can then include in your code. Saves faffing with the boilerplate code of managing GadTools.

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