re looking for drawing packages in article greg greg software mitel com gregory lehman writes path wrdis gatech howland reston ans net usc cs utexas edu utnut torn nott uotcsi geovision software mitel com greg from greg software mitel com gregory lehman newsgroups comp windows x comp windows x motif subject looking for drawing packages message id greg date apr gmt organization mitel kanata ontario canada lines xref wrdis comp windows x comp windows x motif greetings i am developing an application that allows a user to interactively create edit view a visual model i e topology of their network and i was wondering if anyone knew of any builder tools that exist to simplify this task in the past i have used visual edge s uim x product to develop other guis so i am familiar with uimss in general the topology will support objects and connecting links once the topology is created i want to provide the user with capabilities to support grouping zooming etc i am looking for some form of a higher abstraction other than x drawing routines to accomplish this specifically the zooming and grouping aspects may prove difficult and certainly time consuming if i have to roll my own suggestions greg greg software mitel com you don t mention your platform but digital has a custom widget neted which does exactly what you want to do cost is nominal or so call your local office the widget is supported on a variety of platforms and i heard rumblings of porting to sun etc so it may be worth the check charlie gilley digital equipment corp
