C++ GUI

[rizaado]

Hello I want to program windows buttons, labels, text boxes, forms and etc with C++. But I want something easy program without writing much code. I am beginner.

[Tertius Kgatla]

not much of a gui myself but i find QT to be cool!

[rizaado]

QT is mix of programming languages for creating C++ GUI, like HTML. I want only C++.

[rizaado]

And something more easy, pls.

[Tertius Kgatla]

Ooookay!!!

seems you already done your home work! so why not tell us which ones you know and don't want to use.


Qt
GTKmm (based on GTK+)
wxWidgets
FLTK

[G309216C]

As far as I know I suggest Windows Form but it is up to you if you use it or not.

Thanks!

[a967Bytes]

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>//for some compilers does not need to be included
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    system("color 0A");
    cout<<"Hello world!\n";
    system("Pause");

    return 0;

}

Like this one *_* ?
simple

[S G H]

Nah, he asks for GUI as graphical user interfaces, like in your web browser you have buttons to press, and as you press them an event happens...
And so on.
I suggest you either GTK or native Windows API.

[thejman250]

Hello I want to program windows buttons, labels, text boxes, forms and etc with C++. But I want something easy program without writing much code. I am beginner.

- Something easy? Well, 'easy' is relative and subjective.

- Hence, i'll simply give you some recommendations.

- I would suggest Win API, or MFC, or Qt.

- I wouldn't say that those are easy however, i doubt that you'll be able to make a GUI without writing much code in c++.

[S6k9GNh0]

I would suggest FLTK+, Qt, or even wxWidgets.

You could even forget C++ and just use Python or something like Vala.

[Thumper]

SpaceWorm wrote:

As far as I know I suggest Windows Form but it is up to you if you use it or not.

I've never had anything but bad experiences with windows forms in C++. Maybe they work better in other languages, but they have like, absolutely no compatibility with the STL. Which has always made for a miserable experience for me. But that's just my opinion.

rizaado wrote:

QT is mix of programming languages for creating C++ GUI, like HTML. I want only C++.

Qt is a mix of languages only if you choose to make it a mix of languages. You can define UI pages in XML only if you want to. You can write Qt applications purely in C++ code. See this tutorial: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/tutorials-addressbook.html

As far as GUI goes, though, my best recommendation would be Qt. It's a pretty large framework, but i've found that a lot of it's features have been implemented really well. (I can't vouch for Qt 5 though. I've only ever worked with Qt 4.8 (or lower), and there have supposedly been some large overhauls in Qt 5).

[modoran]

Thumper wrote:

I've never had anything but bad experiences with windows forms in C++. Maybe they work better in other languages, but they have like, absolutely no compatibility with the STL. Which has always made for a miserable experience for me. But that's just my opinion.

Well, windows forms targets .NET languages, even C++/CLI "compiles" to bytecode, not directly as machine code, like C++ language do.

It only allows to use C++ syntax in windows forms, but that's it, it's not real C++.

[Thumper]

modoran wrote:

It only allows to use C++ syntax in windows forms, but that's it, it's not real C++.

I couldn't have chosen better words myself.

[vlad from moscow]

I would suggest to use Windows Presentation Foundation. It is simpler than write GUI programs in C++.:)