GUI in Java for a C program.
Hi, I have a console program written in C.
Can I make the GUI for this program in Java ?
The user passes on arguments to the C program through the command line using switches. So instead, the java application will now have input boxes etc to take in user input. It will then call the C program passing all the user input tomain().
The C Program outputs lots of stuff on stdout. So instead, this output will now be displayed in the text area of the GUI.
Does this make sense ? I need to use Java Swing right ?
> Hi, I have a console program written in C.
>
> Can I make the GUI for this program in Java ?
Yes.
> he C Program outputs lots of stuff on stdout. So
> instead, this output will now be displayed in the
> text area of the GUI.
Look at Runtime.ecex() and Process. That could work.
> Does this make sense ? I need to use Java Swing right
> ?
You can use whatever you want.
Also look at the JNI (Java Native Interface) for allowing interoperability between java and C. I don't know JNI very well (read: "at all"), but there is a forum here on the Sun site that is devoted to nothing but this. You can find it here:
http://forum.java.sun.com/forum.jspa?forumID=52
If you are just calling a c program and letting it run, then CeciNEstPasUnProgrammeur's idea is the way to go. If you are calling c or c++ functions from within a dll, then (I think) JNI is the way to go.
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