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ObjectDCL or Vanilla DCL?
« on: March 28, 2005, 12:24:45 PM »
I will be starting a whole bunch of new lisps that will eventually be for sale on my web site. The lisp are being written for my place of work, but on my own time and they are going to be sold to my boss. This way I should be able to keep the source code and be able sell the programmes to anyone I choose.
I was wondering should I write the lisp with the ObjectDCL, graphic user interface (GUI) or should I use the old vanilla DCL that comes with AutoCAD.

Pros of OBJECTDCL
-More powerful GUI
-Better security

Cons of OBJECTDCL
-Extra file need when using lisp
-Different versions of GUI Engine for various versions of CAD

Pros of Vanilla DCL
-Comes with autocad
-Lisp written code for DCL (security)

Cons of Vanilla DCL
-limited GUI

I wish to hear your opinion on which code I should use?
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ObjectDCL or Vanilla DCL?
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2005, 12:32:02 PM »
Chad Wanless is a programmer I have a lot of respect for, but while I would consider using ODCL for in-house applications, I wouldn't use it for any commercial products I was trying to put to market. The dependancy is just too scary for me. If Autodesk bought Chad out that'd be a different matter.

As for fancy gui's I currently just use a mix of dlls I write in VB with VLISP, otherwise I still use vanilla DCL which has the added bonus that you can write dialogs on the fly.

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