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Revision as of 14:27, 30 June 2006

Here is a list of wxSmith features when compared to other wxWidgets RAD solutions. Note that support for new features are added on a daily basis for some of these RADs.
Please update this list when something gets added.

General information

Basic general information about the RADs: developer, license/price etc.

RAD Developer Cost (USD) Open source Software licence
wxSmith Bartlomiej Swiecki Free Yes GPL
DialogBlocks Julian Smart Free (trial), $65 (normal), $30 (student) No Proprietary
wxDesigner Robert Roebling Free (trial), $129 (normal), $29 (student) No Proprietary
wxFormBuilder José Antonio Hurtado, Juan Antonio Ortega Free Yes GPL
VisualWx ? Free No ?
RAD Developer Cost (USD) Open source Software licence

Widgets supported

Widget wxSmith DialogBlocks wxDesigner wxFormBuilder VisualWx
wxBitmapButton No Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxBoxSizer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxButton Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxCalendarCtrl Yes Yes No Yes Yes
wxCheckBox Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxCheckListBox Yes Yes No No Yes
wxChoice Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxChoicebook Yes No No No Yes
wxComboBox Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxContextHelpButton No Yes No No Yes
wxDatePickerCtrl Yes Yes No No Yes
wxDynamicSashWindow No No No No Yes
wxFlexGridSizer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxGauge Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxGenericDirCtrl Yes Yes No No Yes
wxGrid No Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxGridBagSizer No No No No No
wxGridSizer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxHtmlListBox No No No No No
wxHtmlWindow Yes Yes No Yes Yes
wxListbook Yes No No No Yes
wxListBox Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxListCtrl Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxListView No No No No Yes
wxMenu No Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxNotebook Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxPanel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxRadioBox Yes Yes Yes Yes No
wxRadioButton Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxSashLayoutWindow No Yes No No Yes
wxSashWindow No Yes No No Yes
wxScrollBar Yes Yes No Yes Yes
wxScrolledWindow Yes Yes Yes No Yes
wxSlider Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxSpacer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxSpinButton Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxSpinCtrl Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxSplitterWindow Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxStaticBitmap No Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxStaticBox Yes Yes No No Yes
wxStaticBoxSizer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxStaticLine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxStaticText Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxStatusBar No Yes No Yes Yes
wxStdDialogButtonSizer No Yes No No No
wxTextCtrl Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxToggleButton Yes Yes No Yes Yes
wxToolbar No Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxTreebook No No No No No
wxTreeCtrl Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
wxVListBox No No No No No
wxVScrolledWindow No No No No No
wxWindow (Foreign) No Yes Yes No Yes
wxWizardPage No Yes No No Yes
Widget wxSmith DialogBlocks wxDesigner wxFormBuilder VisualWx

Contrib widgets supported

Widget wxSmith DialogBlocks wxDesigner wxFormBuilder VisualWx
wxEditableListBox No No No No Yes
wxLEDNumberCtrl No No No No Yes
wxPlotWindow No No No No Yes
wxStyledTextCtrl No No No No Yes
Widget wxSmith DialogBlocks wxDesigner wxFormBuilder VisualWx

Languages supported

Feature wxSmith DialogBlocks wxDesigner wxFormBuilder VisualWx
C++ code output Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Python code output No Yes Yes No Yes
Lua code output No No No No Yes
Ruby code output No No No No Yes
Perl code output No No Yes No Yes
C# code output No No Yes No No
Basic code output No No No No No
Feature wxSmith DialogBlocks wxDesigner wxFormBuilder VisualWx

Features supported

Feature wxSmith DialogBlocks wxDesigner wxFormBuilder VisualWx
XRC input Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
XRC output Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
XRC code loading Yes Yes No No ?
Validators No Yes No No No
Conditional UI No Yes No No No
Event table and handler generation Partial Yes Partial No Partial
Bitmaps support No Yes Yes No Yes
English descriptions No Yes No No Yes
Easy access to window pointers Yes Yes No No ?
Visually creating custom controls Partial Yes Partial No Partial
Template controls No No No No Yes
Sizer design Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Non-sizer design Partial No No No Yes
Feature wxSmith DialogBlocks wxDesigner wxFormBuilder VisualWx
  • ^  Although XRC import is supported, it fails when I try to import XRC generated by other RADs, at least for now.