I was wondering if anyone knew of a good library to use for making gui's in c++. You should know that i know of winprog but the problem is that its c. I don't want c because i haven't learned c. I would like to use something that you code with in c++. Any help is greatly appreciated.
rockstar8577 0 Newbie Poster
LevyDee 2 Posting Whiz in Training
Depends what your trying to do. You might just want to use Visual Basic. But if you want to use C++, you'll need to learn windows API or wxWidgets. wxWidgets is fairly easy to learn as opposed to the windows API which is hard =(
kbshibukumar 1 Junior Poster in Training
Why are you hesitant to use Visual C++? There you can use either MFC or .NET framework.
strmstn 27 Junior Poster
WinAPI isn't that hard, it just looks that way at first glance. And you don't have to use any C-specific calls.
rockstar8577 0 Newbie Poster
I don't know i looked at some win32 examples and i don't like how it looks, haha. wxWidgets doesn't look to bad, im looking at gtk+ right now.
VilePlecenta 39 Junior Poster
Win32 api's are easy and very flexible.
You can create great looking applications within weeks.
strmstn 27 Junior Poster
How much c++ do you know? How long have you been studying it?
Spartan-S63 0 Newbie Poster
Your best bet is to learn the Win32 API. I'm the process of doing that right now. It's actually pretty straightforward. I read somewhere that it's best to learn the Win32 API before you delve into the MFC because the MFC is built on top of the Win32 API, so if you don't understand the Win32 API you can't possibly understand how the MFC works or what you can do with it. Just my opinion though.
rockstar8577 0 Newbie Poster
strmstn i know a decent amount of stuff. Don't really know about pointers or memory. I know a little bit of classes. Its just the Win32 API looks like a mess, but that might just be me.
abdelhakeem 0 Forever Learning
Stefano Mtangoo 455 Senior Poster
wxWidgets doesn't look to bad, im looking at gtk+ right now.
I use wxWidgets and it is rich not only in handling GUI issues, but also in other stuffs like Direcories/Files streams sockets et al. There are extensions if you need functionality that isn't in core and can write yours not-so-complex to do. Check zetcode for tutorial
david.k 0 Newbie Poster
Somebody recommends to use libraries like Qt to be involved into GUI programming easily. But that's not quite good decision while you want to really understand the whole process of how graphic apps on Windows are implemented under the hood.
Once you understand the things in the native Windows API, you will have the unlimited power to do everything you want in your apps. When you know how to use Qt, this knowledge will not help you anywhere else.
So, if you want to start program GUI apps really fast and not bothering how the things are implemented inside, then Qt is your choice, otherwise consider WinAPI - spend some time for learning but it is worth it.
That's my opinion.
rockstar8577 0 Newbie Poster
I think im gonna do Win32 api, i just need to find c++ tutorials, not ones in c
Johnsmith1 -2 Newbie Poster
Hi,if you want to use C++, you'll need to learn windows API or wxWidgets.
WaltP 2,905 Posting Sage w/ dash of thyme Team Colleague
I think im gonna do Win32 api, i just need to find c++ tutorials, not ones in c
Win32 api should work the same in C as C++. All you need to do is call the functions properly from your C++ code. The C tutorials should help you just fine.
rockstar8577 0 Newbie Poster
Ehh, well i looked at ones in c++ and they seemed a little different.
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