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Originally Posted by Ooble
If you want to use .NET, I wouldn't bother with C++ .NET - it's very different to normal C++, and would be just like learning a new language. And it's more convoluted than C#.
Visual C# Express is free ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/), and you get a decent GUI designer. Of course, if you already use wxWidgets, you might find something like C++ or even Python easier with the right libraries. |
Ooble pretty much covered it. VC# 2005 Express is free. It has a great GUI designer. I've seen you posting Java around the forums, and C# is pretty similar to Java.
The only requirement is going to be that the machine you are running this on will need the .NET framework installed. Since you mentioned that it's going to be Windows XP, odds are it's already installed, but if not it's free anyways. I wouldn't say that it's any more restricting than having to have the JRE installed.