GUI Design question

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E.T. Grey

Hi All,

I have written a number of libraries in (ANSI) C and C++ and I want to
write a front end GUI for my libraries.

I have taken a look at MFC - but the learning curve is WAY too steep. I
simply don't have the time to learn a new library. However I know the
following languages very well:

1). ANSI C and C++
2). Visual Basic (pre-dotNet)

Can anyone tell what would be the quickest way to write a GUI frontend
for my application (libraries) given my *existing* skill set?

At the moment, developing the frontend in VB (quickest) and hooking to
the C/C++ Dlls is looking very tempting - but I have heard that one can
no longer use the "Declare Function XXX ..." syntax in VB.

So please any advice on the best way to proceed - while making the best
use of my existing skill set will be very, very wellcome. I would also
be very interested in pointers to simple example that shows how to hook
the GUI to my front end.

Thanks
 
My feeling is you need to learn "something". If your libraries are native
code then MFC may be a good choice for you. If they are managed code you
can, of course, use C# or VB to do your front ends with WinForms. I hear
people all the time saying that MFC is too hard to learn, but my experience
has been different. I though learning to program right to the Win32 SDK was
way to hard and MFC was a godsend.

Tom
 
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