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Steven,
Even though I use the OS X version of Hatari, I would be interested in seeing your front-end since I have the Windows version running in a virtual machine. Honestly, the non-Windows versions of Hatari have nice GUIs. Only the Windows version is stuck with the SDL interface because no Windows person has volunteered to write a Windows-specific interface.
In order to make this cross-platform, it would have to be written in a non-Microsoft language. Since Hatari is written in C, that would be the obvious choice. There are a few other options (Xojo - used to be RealBasic) but I could not really recommend that as an option.
As far as the SC1224 look, the first idea that occurred to me was if Hatari supported skins like I have seen in some other emulators. However, there has not been much interest in it. Based on how a lot of people use Hatari (debugging environment for their ST software), the lack of interest in skinning makes sense to me.
Even if your front-end is never cross-platform, it would be useful to Hatari Windows users who want a friendlier interface than what’s provided by SDL.
Bob C
On Aug 10, 2014, at 4:13 PM, Steven Elliott <patch1961@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have developed a Windows front-end for Hatari (using VB6) that has a nice gui for Hatari's settings. But it's main feature is that it puts a graphic frame around Hatari's window that makes it appear as an old SC1224 monitor. This was done for nostalgic reasons of my own. However, other people I know have expressed interested in it. What I would like to know is if anybody can steer me into how to make this a cross-platform app, like Hatari itself is.
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> The current extent of my programming knowledge is VB6 and VB.Net Windows programming, although I started with Atari 8-bit Basic and went on to GFA Basic for the ST. I also have a lot of experience using LiSP in AutoCAD, but that is obviously not helful here.
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> I would be grateful for any help here. Whether it is just some guidance on what direction I need to go in or if anybody would actually be interested in helping to make this thing cross-platform. I have never done any kind of cross-platform development before, so I am a total newbie in that regard.
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> Thanks!
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> -Steven Elliott
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