Yet Another Windows Library

Yet Another Windows Library (YAWL), is introduced in Chapter 8, in the section of the same name. I wrote YAWL to make my life as a GUI programmer easier, and it's designed just to do the basics. However, it illustrates the main features of class frameworks, and you will find this knowledge useful if you need to use a real application framework.

This tutorial is organized around the main classes of YAWL; all class names begin with T. TWin is the base class for all windows that appear on the screen (although you can make them invisible as well). TEventWindow is derived from TWin and is the base class for all application windows that need to respond to system events like mouse clicks and keystrokes; this is mostly done ...

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