From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jesse L. Marlin" To: Darren Rauckman Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Subject: Re: Help on programming Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 20:01:00 -0000 Message-id: References: <344430AE.6AD@sk.sympatico.ca> X-SW-Source: 1997-10/msg00327.html On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Darren Rauckman wrote: This seems to be a trend in Windows programming, in order to learn how to do it, you have to buy a book. I haven't heard of an online tutorial, or FAQ, but there is a newsgroup called comp.os.windows.programming.win32, I think (its pretty close), but all they talk about are the MFC (microsoft foudation classes), which are fancy smancy classes that microsoft has rolled for use with their compiler. Compilers like microsoft include some tools to do interface design with, called resource kits or something to that effect, that allow you to design a gui with little effort. I think you can do as much or more with straight win32 calls, but it is confusing and difficult. I would suggest you search for wxWindows. Which is a free OS independent set of classes to aid in gui development. This implementation offers almost as much as MFC does. http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/ Though I have not used it, because I don't really like C++ all that much, it will be easier to start with, and better than trying to learn the ins and outs of win32. I think there are some #defines for the cygwin32 compiler, and be warned it is still in beta, but I have seen the code and it looks pretty good. Almost as ambitious as cygwin32. Does microsoft block anybody from posting information about the win32 interface, I was just wondering why information was so scarce about it on the net. > This may not be the right place to ask this, but you know alot or quite > a bit about windows programming. I would like to program in windows, I > have knowledge of programming dos applications. I tried looking for a > good online tuturial for programming in windows. Not programming in > VC++ or using MFC or OWL but plain old programming in windows. If any > of you know of a very good, good, or any programmin place that carrys a > tuturial please let me know and send the site address. > > Thanks > Darren > > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".