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  • E.T. Grey
    #1

    GUI Design question

    Hi All,

    I have written a number of libraries in (ANSI) C and C++ and I want to
    write a front end GUI for my libraries.

    I have taken a look at MFC - but the learning curve is WAY too steep. I
    simply don't have the time to learn a new library. However I know the
    following languages very well:

    1). ANSI C and C++
    2). Visual Basic (pre-dotNet)

    Can anyone tell what would be the quickest way to write a GUI frontend
    for my application (libraries) given my *existing* skill set?

    At the moment, developing the frontend in VB (quickest) and hooking to
    the C/C++ Dlls is looking very tempting - but I have heard that one can
    no longer use the "Declare Function XXX ..." syntax in VB.

    So please any advice on the best way to proceed - while making the best
    use of my existing skill set will be very, very wellcome. I would also
    be very interested in pointers to simple example that shows how to hook
    the GUI to my front end.

    Thanks

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    • Tom Serface
      #2
      Re: GUI Design question

      My feeling is you need to learn "something" . If your libraries are native
      code then MFC may be a good choice for you. If they are managed code you
      can, of course, use C# or VB to do your front ends with WinForms. I hear
      people all the time saying that MFC is too hard to learn, but my experience
      has been different. I though learning to program right to the Win32 SDK was
      way to hard and MFC was a godsend.

      Tom

      "E.T. Grey" <nebula@alpha-centauri.com> wrote in message
      news:dk7q0a$bfp $1@nwrdmz03.dmz .ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...[color=blue]
      > Hi All,
      >
      > I have written a number of libraries in (ANSI) C and C++ and I want to
      > write a front end GUI for my libraries.
      >
      > I have taken a look at MFC - but the learning curve is WAY too steep. I
      > simply don't have the time to learn a new library. However I know the
      > following languages very well:
      >
      > 1). ANSI C and C++
      > 2). Visual Basic (pre-dotNet)
      >
      > Can anyone tell what would be the quickest way to write a GUI frontend for
      > my application (libraries) given my *existing* skill set?
      >
      > At the moment, developing the frontend in VB (quickest) and hooking to the
      > C/C++ Dlls is looking very tempting - but I have heard that one can no
      > longer use the "Declare Function XXX ..." syntax in VB.
      >
      > So please any advice on the best way to proceed - while making the best
      > use of my existing skill set will be very, very wellcome. I would also be
      > very interested in pointers to simple example that shows how to hook the
      > GUI to my front end.
      >
      > Thanks
      >[/color]


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