From: Dave Postill Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: MS Windows Development with djgpp? Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 12:54:04 -0600 Organization: Visix Software (UK) Ltd Lines: 118 Message-ID: <3309FACC.1556@visix.com> References: <33086421 DOT 754F AT nation-net DOT com> Reply-To: davep AT visix DOT com NNTP-Posting-Host: dunkirk.visix.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------49F62E6B10632" To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------------49F62E6B10632 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----------7BB260436CDD3" ------------7BB260436CDD3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Paul Walsh wrote: > > My C is good , but I'm just learning C++. > > I just got djgpp. Can it be used for developing MS Windows apps. Which I > guess means, are there any PD Windows libraries? > > If not, what's the best/easiest way to learn to build small C++ Windows > apps. Is it Visual C++, or is there a TurboC++ with Windows support? I > don't know Visual Basic - would it be worth learning? > > thanks very muchly, > > Paul Walsh You could also try the gnu-win32 project , which will build console and gui apps. -- -- davep ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dave Postill Email: [personal] Consultant/European Support [support] Visix Software (UK) Ltd Direct: +44 (0) 171 753 2843 1 Northumberland Avenue Switchboard: +44 (0) 171 872 5825 Trafalgar Square Fax: +44 (0) 171 753 2720 London, WC2N 5BW Web: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------7BB260436CDD3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
Paul Walsh wrote:
> 
> My C is good , but I'm just learning C++.
> 
> I just got djgpp. Can it be used for developing MS Windows apps. Which I
> guess means, are there any PD Windows libraries?
> 
> If not, what's the best/easiest way to learn to build small C++ Windows
> apps. Is it Visual C++, or is there a TurboC++ with Windows support?  I
> don't know Visual Basic - would it be worth learning?
> 
> thanks very muchly,
> 
> Paul Walsh

You could also try the gnu-win32 project <http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/>,  which will build console and gui apps. 

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  --  davep

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