The Rogue Wave® Views Gadgets package is a C++ class library for building interactive graphical user interfaces. This package is built on top of the Rogue Wave Views Foundation package and is composed of classes for creating special graphic objects, called gadgets, which you can add to container objects to create graphic panels or interfaces. Buttons, tool bars, and menus are some of the many interactive graphic objects you can create with Rogue Wave Views Gadgets.

This introductory chapter contains the following: