Creating graphics with C++

Hi,

I have a project (work not school homeork) that requires me to create a user interface to allow him to select a file form a server, then reaad it, output some of the variables to the user and then launch another C program that will actually do all the work. i have no experience with graphic programming.
I've searched on line for a language that will allow me to do so, but they all point towards game graphics. I read the user manual for MS Visual C++ and it is not elementary enough to get started.
I have to learn a language from start, so it doesn't matter whether it is Visual Pro, or Java. I'm looking for the simpler-to-learn one.
I was looking for some suggestions on what to use and how to go about getting started with it.

thanks,

A.

Simplest?

Visual basic, by far, especially if you just want a user interface.

Out of C++ and Java, the consensus is that Java is easiest to pick up. I personally dislike the language, but it's true. That's if you just want ease of use. ;)

Yeah, Visual Basic.

I don't know Visual Basic, but my boss can whip-out a Windows GUI Visual Basic program as fast as I can write a command line program in C++ or basic. (Neither of us are "programmers".)

Visual Basic may be the most popular language for those little in-house programs. You don't have to know all of the WinAPI details to use it.

You are right. Learning to use the WinAPI with C/C++ is NOT easy. Petzold says it takes 6 months, but if you work fast you can learn it in 180 days! :D

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Once you get this project done, it wouldn't hurt to learn some Java, and you might want to pick-up Petzold's book.

Java very similar to C++ except creating a GUI is easier in Java than C++. Though quite a bit of coding and learning is still required.
(I program GUIs in C++ .. you don't want to go there :D )

Visual Basic is like a non-programmer language. Drag-n-drop :D
Not even considered a programming language in my parts though it will get the job done in a relatively short time with little difficulty. I would recommend Visual Basic for your task.

Visual sounds visual to me.
Basic sounds rather basic to me. :rolleyes:

Thanks for all the input.

Do you guys know how easy it is to link existing executable C code to VB or C++ GUI?

I'm more worried that it won't run properly if I start interfacing VB and C.

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Originally Posted by Deo

Visual Basic is like a non-programmer language. Drag-n-drop :D
Not even considered a programming language in my parts though it will get the job done in a relatively short time with little difficulty. I would recommend Visual Basic for your task.

Visual sounds visual to me.
Basic sounds rather basic to me. :rolleyes:

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Not considered a programming language? And just what parts are you in? I think Ober said it best in this thread. (Like any long thread, that one goes a bit off-track after the second page. It really nosedives around the fifth page or so.)