A Tutorial for InterViews Programmers Part I: The Basics

InterViews is a library of C++ classes that assist in the design and implementation of graphical interfaces. In- terViews makes building applications for workstations easier by providing abstractions that hide the details of the underlying window system. The library contains common toolkit objects such as scroll bars, menus, and buttons. It also has mechanisms for composing these elements into complete interfaces without specifying a lot of detail. This tutorial introduces the basics of using Inter- Views. It discusses the primitive and library classes and their use in three demonstration programs. The programs are described in depth to give insight into how InterViews objects are used to build interfaces. This tutorial assumes familiarity with C++ and that the reader has access to the InterViews manual docu- mentation.