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joeiscool · Mar 7th, 2006, 6:13 AM

What is the difference between C++ and Visual C++? And how do you design a program with a gui?

nnxion · Mar 7th, 2006, 6:24 AM

It would be a wise idea to read the "How to post a question" thread. It has a part about searching the forum in it

C++ is a programming language. You should read a tutorial, like the cplusplus.com tuturial.
Visual C++ is an IDE from Microsoft. You can download the lastest express version freely.

You can create programs with a GUI by using the Windows API (assuming you are on Windows), one generally uses some framework like MFC. On *nix you can use several toolkits, some which are cross-platform like QT.

joeiscool · Mar 7th, 2006, 6:34 AM

I'll try to search the forums.

CodeWeasel · Mar 8th, 2006, 2:32 AM

I use the Win API and MSVC++'s resource editor to do my guis for my applications, coding it by hand with the MFC is too messy IMO.

The first screenie is of the editor. You can see a listbox is selected. You can use code like the following to output to it pretty easily:

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void OutputStringToListBox( HWND hDlg, int listboxId, char* pstrString )
{
	SendMessage(GetDlgItem(hDlg,listboxId),LB_ADDSTRING,0,(LPARAM)pstrString);
}
//and then somewhere later in the program...
OutputStringToListBox( g_hwndDlg, IDC_OUTPUTLIST, "---------------CPU Information----------------" );

The second screenie is the final product. Not too unwieldy

The actual program is here.

Mar 7th, 2006, 6:13 AM	#1
joeiscool Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	C++ and Visual C++ What is the difference between C++ and Visual C++? And how do you design a program with a gui?

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nnxion Programming Guru Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: elemental plane Posts: 1,429 Rep Power: 5	It would be a wise idea to read the "How to post a question" thread. It has a part about searching the forum in it C++ is a programming language. You should read a tutorial, like the cplusplus.com tuturial. Visual C++ is an IDE from Microsoft. You can download the lastest express version freely. You can create programs with a GUI by using the Windows API (assuming you are on Windows), one generally uses some framework like MFC. On *nix you can use several toolkits, some which are cross-platform like QT. __________________ "Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for." -- Socrates

Mar 7th, 2006, 6:34 AM	#3
joeiscool Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Thanks I'll try to search the forums.

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