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TwinForms: A WxWidgets Form Designer in C++ Builder

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mouser:
Just saw this new tool (commercial but cheap, $30), which looks very cool.  It basically adds a wxwidgets form designer into your C++ Builder and attempts to help you build cross-platform code from C++ Builder.

There are a couple of screencasts on the site which look pretty nice.  There are other wxwidgets form designers, and some IDE's for windows (like CodeBlocks) that will ensure that your C++ code is cross-platform compatible, but this may be a nice solution for people who really like C++ Builder and want to experiment with wxwidgets stuff in a more comfortable setting.

wxForms is an integrated form designer plugin for Borland C++ Builder that helps you to create cross platform applications for Windows, Mac OSX , Linux (gtk) using single source base. The wxForms code from C++ builder can be compiled in Mac OSX, Linux and Windows Mobile without much change using GNU GCC toolchain (in Windows, Linux, Mac OSX), VC++ , eMbedded VC++ (for Windows CE), Digital Mars and other compilers supported by wxWidgets Framework.

wxForms allows you to use all the C++ builder's powerful Form Designer/ Editor features (Form Alignment, Object inspector, Component Palette etc ) to quickly create Cross platform applications. Components can be easily customized by modifying their properties in the object inspector.

Unlike other wxWidgets Form designers, wxForms allows you to do form designing, code editing and debugging in one single place.

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http://www.twinforms.com/wxforms-home.htm

Gothi[c]:
... are those wx controls on a vcl form ?!

SkyIDE:
Hmm they must be, the tool kit has wx in front of each widget.

This looks pretty cool! I might give it a spin.

Thanks for the heads-up mouser. It looks pretty amazing.

gururamnath:
... are those wx controls on a vcl form ?!
-Gothi[c] (June 15, 2007, 10:15 PM)
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The form and the components are specific to wxWidgets. Just for the designer usage the controls are derived from VCL components, Corresponding wxWidgets source code is generated in the background when you make a change to a particular component. Each wx Specific BCB components have the corresponding properties of the wxWidgets components instead of the VCL components. If you add a VCL component to the wxForm, it wont compile.

Let me know if you find any problem or question about wxForms.
-regards,
Guru Kathiresan
wxForms Support
http://www.twinforms.com

Gothi[c]:
Welcome, gururamnath,

Thanks for the response! That indeed makes it very useful. Very interesting project.

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