X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Windows GUI Programming with DJGPP Date: 29 May 2005 12:32:24 GMT Lines: 30 Message-ID: <3ftr2oF9hct1U1@news.dfncis.de> References: <1117125981 DOT 919136 DOT 51260 AT g44g2000cwa DOT googlegroups DOT com> X-Trace: news.dfncis.de 7V6ecBbMF7ejAjQUIzd0TwbIRDyJbZu1cgCgBg3G+Xv+2S+KQML+4wRkvc X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com arizvi wrote: > Hi, > I would like to build some Windows GUI programs, and I was wondering is > DJGPP could be an option. In the FAQ it states that we can use RSXNTDJ, > and I would like to have some feedback on how it has actually worked > for someone. The main problem with RSXNTDJ is bit-rot. It's essentially not been maintained actively by anyone, for several years, while several parts of the DJGPP environment it relies on have changed massively. In particular, it's unlikely to cooperate correctly with the current versions of GCC and binutils used by most DJGPP users. Generally, if you want to use GCC to compile Win32 programs, RSXNTDJ has long since stopped to be the best approach towards that goal. MinGW32 (including the copy of it provided as part of Cygwin32) has way better support. > Are the programs created with the same look and feel as > MFC/Win32 programs? MFC doesn't design any look-and-feel --- it's just a thin C++ shell around the basic Win32 API, and one that MS refuses to make available without payment. So no, you won't get MFC applications compiled without buying a commercial compiler. -- Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de) Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.