dfl 0.11.4

DFL

DFL (D Forms Library) is a Win32 GUI library for the D language.

import dfl;

void main()
{
	Form form = new Form;
	form.text = "Welcome to DFL";
	form.size = Size(300, 300);

	Button button = new Button;
	button.text = "OK";
	button.location = Point(20, 20);
	button.size = Size(100, 50);
	button.click ~= (Control c, EventArgs e) => msgBox("OK button is clicked.");
	button.parent = form;

	Application.run(form);
}

Recent major features

• Reworked build-scripts (makelib.bat, makecoff.bar and go.bat) to better work with DUB and MSVC 2022.
  • dfl.lib and dfl_debug.lib are created in \dfl\bin, just like DUB.
• Module "dfl.toggleswitch" and example code are now comming.

• Module "dfl.toastnotifier" is now comming.
  • ToastNotifier (with example)
  • ToastNotifierLegacy (with example)

• Removed dependency on undeaD library.
• Windows OMF support has been removed (for DMD v2.109.0).
• Registered DFL to DUB.
• Supported multiple screens.
• Module "dfl.chart" is now comming.
  • TableRenderer (with example)
  • LineGraphRenderer (with example)
  • TimeChartRenderer (with example)
• Module "dfl.printing" is now comming.
  • PrintDialog
  • PrintSetupDialog
  • PrintPreviewDialog
• Remove dflexe.
• Remove GTK-based DFL.
• Remove some bundled libraries such as user32_dfl.lib etc... (From now on, use dmd-bundled libraries such as the MinGW platform library and so on.)

Screen shots

Usage

First, you make new DUB project:

> cd examples\new_project
> dub init

Add DFL to local DUB registry:

> dub add dfl
> dub list
Packages present in the system and known to dub:
  dfl 0.11.3: c:\your\path\dfl\0.11.3\dfl\
  silly 1.2.0-dev.2: c:\your\path\silly\1.2.0-dev.2\silly\

Build and run your GUI applications with DUB as below:

> dub build -a=x86_64
> dub run

IMPORTANT: DUB is building dfl_dub.lib that is not containing WINSDK libraries.

APPENDIX I: Build and Install dfl.lib and dfl_debug.lib

1. Install Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition

Free downloads MSVC build tools from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/.

2. Set environment variables

Fix the paths below:

set dmd_path=c:\d\dmd2\windows

3. Open the MSVC build tools command prompt

Open x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2022 from start menu.

4. Make dfl.lib and dfl_debug.lib

Run makelib.bat (MSVC required):

> cd dfl

> dir *.bat /B
go.bat
makecoff.bat
makelib.bat
_cmd.bat

> makelib.bat           # 32-bit mscoff

or (MSVC required)

> makelib.bat 32mscoff  # ditto

or (MSVC required)

> makelib.bat 64        # 64-bit mscoff

Also copy dfl.lib and dfl_debug.lib in \dfl\bin to \your\lib\dir.

IMPORTANT: These library files are containing WINSDK libraries such as user32.lib, gdi32.lib and so on.

In order to make and move *.lib to paths below:

• go.bat (MSVC required) : Make and move *.lib to %dmd_path%\lib32mscoff
• go.bat 32mscoff (MSVC required) : ditto
• go64.bat (MSVC required) : Make and move *.lib to %dmd_path%\lib64

APPENDIX II: DFL With WinRT

1. If you use dfl.internal.winrt, install Visual Studio 2022 and Windows 10 SDK (10.0.19041.0) or newer.
2. You must link WindowsApp.lib contained the SDK to your application.

License

DFL is under the boost and/or zlib/libpng license.