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Seeking Advice/Guidance in Window UI development and tools
Hi,
This is my first posting at codeproject.com, so I apologize in advanced for any mistakes. I want to develop a simple C++ applications which can run for Windows XP, 7, 8. I want application to be simple to install and run on these platforms without a need for .net framework. Key here is nice skinned UI.
I did some research on topic and checked various applications you can download from the Internet and one that caught my eye is SlimCleaner at https://www.slimwareutilities.com/slimcleaner.php . If you click on Screenshot you can see the UI. I installed it on Win XP, 7 and 8 and it looks the same on all three platforms. From the .exe and included DLL it does not appear to be a .net application. This is the listing of the installed folder:
cleaner.db 649 KB 9/15/2014 9:22 PM Data Base File
MyDefragDll.dll 649 KB 7/18/2012 6:47 AM Application Exte
service.db 7 KB 9/15/2014 9:22 PM Data Base File
SlimCleaner.exe 29,623 KB 7/10/2013 9:53 AM Application
SlimShell64.dll 673 KB 7/10/2013 9:53 AM Application Exte
SlimShell.dll 559 KB 7/10/2013 9:53 AM Application Exte
startup.db 10,841 KB 9/15/2014 9:22 PM Data Base File
My question is can somebody please help me understand what tools they used, what development environment, and API. Is it MFC, Winforms or WPF? The later two are .net, as far as I understand, but maybe they are just complied as stand alone application. Thing that this caught my sys is that .exe is 30MB is size. It appears that the whole application is in that single file!
As a new to Windows development I do not have a lot experience and if somebody also can give some hints and ideas when I see an application with the UI I like how to figure out what they used to develop it. I am not interested in reverse engineering the application, just to figure out is it MCF base, Winforms or WPF, is it done in Visual Studio or C++ Builder etc. Maybe what tools they used for skinning etc.
My knowledge in this area is limited at present so I apologize if I said something stupid.
Regards,
Terry
This is my first posting at codeproject.com, so I apologize in advanced for any mistakes. I want to develop a simple C++ applications which can run for Windows XP, 7, 8. I want application to be simple to install and run on these platforms without a need for .net framework. Key here is nice skinned UI.
I did some research on topic and checked various applications you can download from the Internet and one that caught my eye is SlimCleaner at https://www.slimwareutilities.com/slimcleaner.php . If you click on Screenshot you can see the UI. I installed it on Win XP, 7 and 8 and it looks the same on all three platforms. From the .exe and included DLL it does not appear to be a .net application. This is the listing of the installed folder:
cleaner.db 649 KB 9/15/2014 9:22 PM Data Base File
MyDefragDll.dll 649 KB 7/18/2012 6:47 AM Application Exte
service.db 7 KB 9/15/2014 9:22 PM Data Base File
SlimCleaner.exe 29,623 KB 7/10/2013 9:53 AM Application
SlimShell64.dll 673 KB 7/10/2013 9:53 AM Application Exte
SlimShell.dll 559 KB 7/10/2013 9:53 AM Application Exte
startup.db 10,841 KB 9/15/2014 9:22 PM Data Base File
My question is can somebody please help me understand what tools they used, what development environment, and API. Is it MFC, Winforms or WPF? The later two are .net, as far as I understand, but maybe they are just complied as stand alone application. Thing that this caught my sys is that .exe is 30MB is size. It appears that the whole application is in that single file!
As a new to Windows development I do not have a lot experience and if somebody also can give some hints and ideas when I see an application with the UI I like how to figure out what they used to develop it. I am not interested in reverse engineering the application, just to figure out is it MCF base, Winforms or WPF, is it done in Visual Studio or C++ Builder etc. Maybe what tools they used for skinning etc.
My knowledge in this area is limited at present so I apologize if I said something stupid.
Regards,
Terry
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