Comparison of wxSmith features

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

• ^  Currently, only one dialog resource per XRC file is imported.