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    Windows in C

    Hi,
    I just started using C, and I was wondering if it is possible to create window-based programs instead of only text-based programs. I'm sorry if this is a really dumb question, but I just needed to ask and could'nt find any results about this on Google.


    Tnx in advance,
    Jst.

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    When no one helps you out. Call google();

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    Yes you can.

    The windows API at it's heart is a C API.

    But you need a lot more effort on your part, there is no "MFC" to do all the boring bits for you.
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    K, tnx for the reply's. To bad that its hard to learn... I'm not even able to write a "useful" C program.

    Jst.

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    Something easy you can do to make your output a little fancier is to output all your info in HTML format, then open the file either manually or use a system call or whatever is needed.

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    Tnx, you just gave me some ideas

    Jst.

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