From: johnp3 AT idt DOT net (Xyloplax)
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Subject: Re: has anyone had sucess with djgpp and windows yet?
Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 00:25:46 GMT
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On 9 May 1997 03:51:06 GMT, ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul
Derbyshire) wrote:

>
>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++.

sounds like me!

>
>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.
>
this has been done sucessfully. Any GUI maker that generates an .o
file can be used in this manner. Now to find those tools!
--
John Pavlakis
johnp3 AT idt DOT net
"You can lead a yak to water, but you can't teach an old dog to make a silk purse out of a pig in a poke." -- Opus Penguin