nez

Hi all
As some of you might remeber im currently learning C++ i bought "C++ Primer" and im ploughing through it.

I will be writing my final year project for uni in C++ starting in september so im trying to learn everything i need before hand.

Thing is im not quite sure about GUI programming, i will be making a program which requires a GUI with a drag and drop section to make flow charts up from pre-diffind block each with a different function.

C++ Primer does not cover GUIs so im going to need another one afterwards to learn how to program the interface, but im a little confused what exactly to look for in GUI programming.

I have found QT books, windows API programming and a few linux solutions as well but i still feel a bit in the dark about it all.

What i would like is some infomation on what sort of things are availabe to program a GUI, where should i start to look (i.e. what to google!) and can any one recommend any good C++ GUI programming books (im prolly going to write it on windows, but im getting an ibook in a month or too so i might do it on there).

Any useful links would be good too.

Thanks very much in advance
Nez

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uman

I recommend Charles Petzold's "Programming Windows" if you already know either C or C++.

Ancient Dragon

I also recommend at 6 months to a year's worth of full-time studying (depending on how fast you learn) to do your ambitious project.

melbolt

do you use .NET?

the .NET framework makes this so much easier, you should look into "windows forms"

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Qt designer ... if you have a decent grasp on classes in C++.
But if you feel more comfortable with Windows API check out "Forger's Windows API tutorial", it's the one that is usually recommended (enter into google and you'll find it in first entries).
For Qt - TrollTech has a nice website with free trial version and quite extensive documentation/tutorials (there's also a Qt forum, populated mostly by Europeans). Qt seemed to be much less convoluted than WinAPI when we had to create a gui for our project.
But to each his own

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nnxion

If you really want simple simple GUI programming then go for VB (use .NET which is much better than it's predecessors.)

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Or if you don't want to have to learn a new language, you can try C# - the syntax is pretty similar.

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nez

I havea good knowledge of C and i'm working through C++ pretty fast, plus i will continue learning these things as i go through my uni yearso i have about 9 months, i really want to do it in C++ and get a good grasp of C++ because it should hopefully open up more oppertunities in the future for me.

I will have a look into .NET and QT, and maybe C# if i can be perswaded!

thanks for your help guys


nez

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Ancient Dragon

win32 api functions are NOT c++ -- they are C functions which can be called from almost any programming language. So you won't learn any c++ at all by using win32 api functions.

kirkl_uk

If you wanna learn c++ but not .net, MFC is another option, but a lot of beginners struggle with this to start with.

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