Motif User Interface Application (MUIApp) is an object‐oriented graphical user‐interface application framework. It simplifies the task of writing, modifying, and debugging window‐based applications by application of object‐oriented programming to the construction and manipulation of graphical user interface (GUI) components using a well‐established window system. The key means adopted in the design include: encapsulation of tedious X‐window programming details, construction of high‐level GUI components using Motif and Xt widgets as the primary building blocks, and definition of collaboration mechanisms between GUI components. Reports that the abstractions and mechanisms provided by MUIApp facilitate the development of graphical user interfaces for applications. Simplicity, extensibility and reusability are the key concerns in the design. MUIApp is written in C++ and runs mainly on top of Motif.
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MUIApp: an object‐oriented graphical user interface application framework Available to Purchase
Mukunda G. Rajagopala;
Mukunda G. Rajagopala
School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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Shang‐Hsien Hsieh;
Shang‐Hsien Hsieh
School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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Elisa D. Sotelino;
Elisa D. Sotelino
School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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Donald W. White
Donald W. White
School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7077
Print ISSN: 0264-4401
© MCB UP Limited
1997
Engineering Computations (1997) 14 (3): 256–280.
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Rajagopala MG, Hsieh S, Sotelino ED, White DW (1997), "MUIApp: an object‐oriented graphical user interface application framework". Engineering Computations, Vol. 14 No. 3 pp. 256–280, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/02644409710170960
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