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Notepad is simple to build in Visual Basic because it uses the controls that are inherited from... notepad. What GP meant, is whether the source for those cont
by vermilingua 6y ago
Notepad is simple to build in Visual Basic because it uses the controls that are inherited from... notepad.
What GP meant, is whether the source for those controls is available.
- magicalhippo 6y agoNotepad is simple to build in Visual Basic, Delphi, heck even assembly because the controls are inherited from Windows[1]. [1]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/individual-control-info https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/indi...
- Answerawake 6y agoThere is no reason to build them for Windows. I just use the ones already available for Windows. I want to build it for Mac so I can get the great simple tools on Windows but on the stability of Mac. For Paint I have resorted to buying a Mac Store app called Paint2 made by some Chinese developer. It is still too complex but is the best I can do now.