Re: Lua -> Windows GUI API available?

[Chris Marrin <chris@...>]

Michael Newberry wrote:
> We would like to create and interact with Windows objects (frames, 
> dialogs, etc.) from Lua which is imbedded in a Windows MFC app. Is there 
> an API available to do this?
>
> I have searched around and not found anything. But unless my memory is 
> mistaken, I do recall seeing occasional references to such an API in 
> messages in this group in the past.

We are using wxLua. It is a wrapper around the great wxWidgets library. 
It has the additional feature that it is cross platform. It's only 
disadvantage is that it is pretty big. If you link with all the features 
of wxWidgets, you will add around 3.5MB. But this gives you access to 
ALL the widgets and wxLua allows you to trim down the set used by simply 
editing a config file.

It is working really well for us...

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