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Re: Forms Interface?

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  • Subject: [mg16059] Re: Forms Interface?
  • From: Martin Kraus <mkraus at theorie3.physik.uni-erlangen.de>
  • Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 03:45:17 -0500
  • Organization: Regionales Rechenzentrum Erlangen, Germany
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MJE wrote:
> 
> Wondering whether anyone has written a forms-based interface to
> Mathematica.  This would be a MathLink program running in peer mode.  It
> would contain numeric input fields, dials, knobs, whatever; and then
> upon a special button event, would call the kernel to perform tasks
> using those parameters.
> 
> A really fancy program would also contain a graphics box to show
> resulting graphics.  Failing that, the kernel function would just tell
> the front end to create or modify a standard notebook window.
> 
> Mark Evans
> remove ".nospam" to reply

MathScript is able to do such things (as far as I know).
(MathScript is a product by Wolfram Research (see www.mathscript.com))
For some "fancy" examples see 

http://www.mathscript.com/MSDeveloperIntroduction/PolyhedronExplorer/

and

http://www.optics.Arizona.EDU/jcwyant/math.htm


Hope that helps

Martin Kraus


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