Need a 2D graphics library with following reqs

Hi, everyone. For a class assignment, I've been googling for a good 2D graphics or GUI library with the following requirements, but no luck so far. It must do the following:

*Work in C++
*Can be used with NO classes (we're not allowed to use classes yet in our programs)
*Work in Linux and Windows
*Have good documentation/tutorials

It's for a simple bingo game. The ideas for the bingo game are the following:

*Must have the capability to create 2D boxes or frames within windows
*Must be able to change color when selecting a button within a window

Ideally, it would be nice to have a Designer program within it that generates code, but this is not necessary.

And that's it. I've looked at various GUI and Graphics products Qt, GTK, SDL, and various others. Maybe I've been careless in looking for what I'm doing, but I haven't found anything satisfactory yet.

Thanks for everything.

-bigdreamer

use a turbo c++ compiler

use dos.h

dos has its own graphics stuff

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Originally Posted by bigdreamer

Hi, everyone. For a class assignment, I've been googling for a good 2D graphics or GUI library with the following requirements, but no luck so far. It must do the following:

*Work in C++
*Can be used with NO classes (we're not allowed to use classes yet in our programs)
*Work in Linux and Windows
*Have good documentation/tutorials

It's for a simple bingo game. The ideas for the bingo game are the following:

*Must have the capability to create 2D boxes or frames within windows
*Must be able to change color when selecting a button within a window

Ideally, it would be nice to have a Designer program within it that generates code, but this is not necessary.

And that's it. I've looked at various GUI and Graphics products Qt, GTK, SDL, and various others. Maybe I've been careless in looking for what I'm doing, but I haven't found anything satisfactory yet.

Thanks for everything.

-bigdreamer

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In dos, use the non-standard header conio, supplied with most compilers nowadays. Although it doesn't allow you to create boxes, it does allow you do change colours, and you can form boxes with |, -, etc.

If you really, really want to be able to draw stuff, see

http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/tut1.html.

Adam.

I'm not positive, but I don't think dos.h works on Linux.

Would SDL work?

Have you had a chance to look at Allegro? From what I've seen it's simple and it will work in dos, win and linux.

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Originally Posted by Dae

Would SDL work?

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SDL works on windows and linux but it dosen't have a pre-built GUI so you would need to write your own. Writing a simple GUI is a good learning excersisie IMHO.

What???, Are you all crazy, Dos sucks !!!!
Althought it didn't before ten years.

Use Win GDI, it's the best.
Or you could use Allegro, But Win is the best.
Allegro also supports audio and key/joystick input,
and it can run on nearly anything... ( just like java )

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Originally Posted by ElastoManiac

Use Win GDI, it's the best.

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The only problem with the Win GDI is that it doesn't tend to work very well under linux ;).

I'd use SDL with a third party GUI library.
Do a google search for ParaGUI.

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Originally Posted by gunder

The only problem with the Win GDI is that it doesn't tend to work very well under linux ;).

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There's always WINE :D

No classes and they want a GUI? Dumb. Definitely a school project.

Windows being the perfect example of what you get when you try to do a GUI without using C++.

well, windows could use some classes...

Windows is a mess. It could use a major overhaul, which I might add they have not done in any version of their recent OS's, yet still charge like they have completely redone the whole thing. Marketing.

You can code a GUI without classes but I hope they allow you to use structs. Without that you are going to be doing a lot of parameter passing and it will be a huge mess.

Everything is a mess. Maybe C# is solution to windows without classes?

But i hate #C it remineds me of VB. I love doing stuff in real time not always OnXXX();

Try MFC. It's a mess at first, but it's cake after you get used to it.

maybe later, i'm doing game programming. And MFC is definently not needed in game programming. Right?

Unless you want to make tools and don't want to use VB, which you shouldn't want to use VB.

Yeah, editors and stuff. Well they don't have to work perfect unless other users are using them.
And in most cases they aren't.