Hi, I wish to port my Win32 Console app to a Win32 GUI app. However, I'm a complete noob at this...
Is there a free compiler out there with a resource editor to aid me?
Also, is there any good, free tutorials that teaches beginners like me Windows programming?
These websites seem to be pretty popular..
http://www.winprog.net/
If you wanna drop some cash, check out "Programming Windows 5th Edition"
What about IDEs with resource editor? Is there any good one that's free?
Free the weed!! Class B to class C is not good enough!!
And the FAQ is here :- http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/smartfaq.cgi
You could try this for more examples - http://www.functionx.com/win32/index.htm
Definitely you would need the API - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de..._reference.asp
The best editor i used is Microsoft visual C++ 6.0, save up for it. It beats the free softwares with lots of good reasons.
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I use Dev-C++ right now, but I can't find any resource editorOriginally Posted by Stoned_Coder
I found a resource editor, but it seems that the tutorials from WinProg.net doesn;'t work with Dev-C++... I get lots of syntax errors in the resource file.
Is there any tutorial that uses Dev-C to teach?
May I know where can I get the resource.h file? My resource editor only creates the RC files.
Check out wx-devcpp. It is an extension of Dev-C++. It comes with a visual resource editor and uses wxWidgets.
The URL is:
http://wxdsgn.sourceforge.net/
Best Regards,
Yeoh
Resource Builder is a quite good resource editor, but it is not free.
ResEd version 1.1.1.0 is also a quite good one, and besides it is free, but instead of using constants like WS_CHILD, etc. it uses the corresponding numbers. In my opinion it is an important drawback because later if it's needed it is very difficult to re-edit the .rc file with a text editor.
And finally, some time ago I've tried XN Resource Editor and it seemed good to me. Now I don't remember if there were important drawbacks.
By the way, I think these links are very useful:
Some Windows Programming Articles
Win32 Code Tips
Sysinternals
Win32 Tips and Tricks
and in general:
Free Programming Resources
Thanks for that link... I am trying it out. However, why is the output file so big?
Yes, the exe file is huge.
Here's a URL that provides more information:
http://www.solidsteel.nl/users/wxwid...opic.php?t=736
Best Regards,
Yeoh
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trenzterra, you should be aware that the files produced by wx-Devcpp will be different than that of the MSVC resource editor.Check out wx-devcpp. It is an extension of Dev-C++. It comes with a visual resource editor and uses wxWidgets.
The URL is:
http://wxdsgn.sourceforge.net/
wxWidgets is a completley different way of building a GUI and it will not be MS compatable.
Open source isn't a matter of life or death......
.......its much more important than that!!
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Yes, this is correct. If you want to code Windows programs using the Win32 C API and standard resource (.rc) files, you might want to check out Pelles C. It is free. Pelles C comes with a visual resource editor.
The URL for Pelles C is:
http://www.smorgasbordet.com/pellesc/
Best Regards,
Yeoh
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Last edited by yeohhs; 05-05-2005 at 03:34 AM.
For Win32 API Tutorial, check out:
http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/
