From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: has anyone had sucess with djgpp and windows yet?
Date: 9 May 1997 03:51:06 GMT
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Xyloplax (johnp3 AT chelsea DOT ios DOT com) writes:
> Since the FAQ leaves a "to be continued" type answer, I would like to
> know whether anyone has sucessfully used djgpp and any of the various
> utilites suggested in the FAQ to produce windows 3.x and win95/nt
> programs? I really dont want to have to shell out for Borland or VC++,
> though that would make life way easier, if c++ can be easy that is.
> Any info appreciated. Thanks.

Well, I compiled a sample hello, world MSGBOX with OK button app, and it
worked. :)

All I have to do now is get decent documentation about windows, SDKs,
foundation classes (whatever those are), how to do windows, controls,
editing, file I/O, DDE, OLE, and all that jazz in C *without* shelling out
a bundle for Visual C++.

I have an older Visual Basic, my major complaints with it were, steep
price, tendency of bugless programs to GPF sometimes (bugs in the runtime
DLL) and slow execution; but perhaps RSX and VB can be married, with VB
making up the front-end for an app, and calling DLL functions written in
RSX (which has options for DLL authoring) for speed-critical things such
as math, searches, etc.

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