Re: just starting



On 28 Jan, 04:24, sterling.mc...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

So I am fooling around with C and compile a small .exe file with
Miracle C ... simple thing that said Hi my name is etc etc ... but I
noticed that it loads in a dos window ...

My question is this ... is there a way in C or C++ to write this into
the test.exe I made that simply shows "my name is .... "

Unfortunately, writing "proper" Windows programs is extremely
complicated. The book I am using, "Programming Windows" by Charles
Petzold, doesn't cover actually showing text until chapter three,
spending the first two chapters covering simpler stuff. What could
possibly be simpler, you are no doubt thinking - well, just creating a
window is not easy.

So you need to decide whether you are prepared to put in all this
effort, or whether you are happy to write what are in effect DOS
programs and have the system treat them as such.

Best of luck!
Paul.

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