Convirt my C program to a GUI application/Web Application

kapil1089thekin · 07-20-2008, 05:17 PM

I have a C source file which takes two image file as its input as command line arg and one image file as output. I have developed the C program on linux now I want to develope a windows application using that c source with two inputs (Type = file) and one output file displayed. What should I do? what to implement? Visual studio 2005 can serve the purpose?

MacGyver · 07-20-2008, 05:26 PM

You can use Visual Studios to develop a GUI, but you don't need to use that.

As a warning, Windows programming -- and GUI programming in C -- is quite a different ballgame than standard console programming. You might be best off using a GUI library that will make your program more portable.

kapil1089thekin · 07-20-2008, 05:29 PM

plz let me know exactly what can i do to make the program more robust/prtable on the Linux platform?--Keeping in mind of the C source text file is developed, I won't like to change the code there.

MacGyver · 07-20-2008, 05:35 PM

How do you intend to make your program into a GUI program from a console program without changing the source? More than likely you'll have to change something unless you thought exactly how you were going to interface the GUI code and the rest of the code.

You can try using GTK+, or a number of other libraries. Search for one via google or elsewhere that fits your need.

Dino · 07-20-2008, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MacGyver

How do you intend to make your program into a GUI program from a console program without changing the source? More than likely you'll have to change something unless you thought exactly how you were going to interface the GUI code and the rest of the code.

If it were me, I would write a front-end GUI wrapper that gathered the input from the user and then called the original program as a command line program. That way, no changes are needed to the original. That could be done simply in Visual Basic.

MacGyver · 07-20-2008, 08:42 PM

Yes, as long as the GUI doesn't need to receive information from the console programs, that is fine, and, I suppose, probably what the OP is thinking.

kapil1089thekin · 07-21-2008, 01:43 AM

How to make the GUI Wrapper using Visual Basic?
I have microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
Say my program in c is named as myprogram.c and in linux i compile program as:
./a.out 1st.bmp 2nd.bmp output.bmp
.................................................. .................................................. ...........................

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kapil1089thekin Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 23	plz let me know exactly what can i do to make the program more robust/prtable on the Linux platform?--Keeping in mind of the C source text file is developed, I won't like to change the code there.
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kapil1089thekin Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 23	How to make the GUI Wrapper How to make the GUI Wrapper using Visual Basic? I have microsoft Visual Studio 2005. Say my program in c is named as myprogram.c and in linux i compile program as: ./a.out 1st.bmp 2nd.bmp output.bmp .................................................. .................................................. ........................... Last edited by kapil1089thekin; 07-21-2008 at 01:46 AM.
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