GUI Development Tools

If you used a Motif GUI builder to create the GUI for your application, your migration to the Solaris CDE desktop will probably be easier. In most cases, the use of a builder implies that you have some degree of separation between user interface functions and application internals, the advantages of which were previously discussed.

Also, builders typically use generalized internal storage formats or are capable of generating interchange files, each of which may be post-processed to automate some of the conversion process. Contact your builder vendor to see what migration tools they are currently offering.

Other less tangible tools that you might have used and that could ease your transition include development approaches that produced functional requirements documents or high-level designs. These representations may describe your application in terms less specific to the OPEN LOOK user interface that are more amenable to being mapped to CDE and Solaris Motif than your source code.