Major Powerplant update

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Introduction

When I began to develop softwares, I searched a powerful framework.

The most powerful I found, was Powerplant from CodeWarrior.

For me in the 2.2 version, it’s the most effective Framework I’ve ever seen.

It lacks of :
- sheet windows
- Drawer windows
- ToolBar Windows
- Metal Windows (in state of prototype)
- and some useful controls (searchfield and comboBox).

To avoid this problem, I rewrite all the core mecanism of Sheet window, drawer Window etc...

You can see the result in some screenshots :

JPEG - 181.4 kb
Presentation
JPEG - 141.3 kb
Toolbar
JPEG - 158 kb
Sheet
JPEG - 159.5 kb
Navigation
JPEG - 176.3 kb
Metal
JPEG - 150.1 kb
Controls
JPEG - 142.5 kb
TabView

And here is the source code witout the Framework:

I had too to rewrite the navigation service because there was some bugs in the toolbox OS X 10.2.4.

Some visual effects aren’t present for Metal window, it’s possible to develop exactly the same technology but I have to rewrite the control system too (I don’t use the compositing way).

The Metal window hasn’t been finished yet because I developed this technology only in 5 days.

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