Hey,
My experience with c++ is limited to ATL and for the past 3 years it's just
been c#. I need to write a UI intensive application that is just too slow in
managed code. So I'm re-doing it in unmanaged c++, what should I use in vc++
7, ATL, MFC or Win32?
thanks
Craig 17 1769
Borland C++ builder is the best C++ tool for GUI
development. You can develop com servers using VisStudio
and call these com servers from Borland developed GUI. -----Original Message----- Hey,
My experience with c++ is limited to ATL and for the past
3 years it's justbeen c#. I need to write a UI intensive application that
is just too slow inmanaged code. So I'm re-doing it in unmanaged c++, what
should I use in vc++7, ATL, MFC or Win32?
thanks Craig
.
Good old borland, never thought of them. What makes their product good at
GUI stuff?
Are they actually going to be around for much longer? ;-)
C
"ququ" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:02****************************@phx.gbl... Borland C++ builder is the best C++ tool for GUI development. You can develop com servers using VisStudio and call these com servers from Borland developed GUI.-----Original Message----- Hey,
My experience with c++ is limited to ATL and for the past 3 years it's justbeen c#. I need to write a UI intensive application that is just too slow inmanaged code. So I'm re-doing it in unmanaged c++, what should I use in vc++7, ATL, MFC or Win32?
thanks Craig
.
Borland VCL (Visual Component Library) is the perfect
collection of VB stile GUI components vor C++. Most recent
version Borland C++ builder 6 was released less then year
ego. Check http://www.borland.com
Regards -----Original Message----- Good old borland, never thought of them. What makes their
product good atGUI stuff?
Are they actually going to be around for much longer? ;-)
C
"ququ" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
messagenews:02****************************@phx.gbl... Borland C++ builder is the best C++ tool for GUI development. You can develop com servers using VisStudio and call these com servers from Borland developed GUI. >-----Original Message----- >Hey, > >My experience with c++ is limited to ATL and for the
past 3 years it's just >been c#. I need to write a UI intensive application
that is just too slow in >managed code. So I'm re-doing it in unmanaged c++, what should I use in vc++ >7, ATL, MFC or Win32? > >thanks >Craig > > >. >
.
You're probably going to get a variety of answers to this "subjective"
question. in my opinion MFC is a good thing to learn. It is a pretty thin
layer on the Win32 API with lots of helper classes. MSFT has said that they
will continue to support and improve MFC for the forseeable future so the
investment in time to learn it will not be a waste.
My two pesos...
Tom
"ilPostino" <ne**@ip80.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... Hey,
My experience with c++ is limited to ATL and for the past 3 years it's
just been c#. I need to write a UI intensive application that is just too slow
in managed code. So I'm re-doing it in unmanaged c++, what should I use in
vc++ 7, ATL, MFC or Win32?
thanks Craig
You may want to consider the WTL, the Windows Template Library. Here one place to start learning about it: http://www.codeproject.com/wtl/
I'm guessing an ATL programmer will feel right at home with it. I'd consider MFC only if you'll need third-part components (like Dundas, Stingray, etc...)
"ilPostino" <ne**@ip80.com> wrote in message news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... Hey, My experience with c++ is limited to ATL and for the past 3 years it's just been c#. I need to write a UI intensive application that is just too slow in managed code. So I'm re-doing it in unmanaged c++, what should I use in vc++ 7, ATL, MFC or Win32? thanks Craig
Hi,
Our company uses C#, Delphi and occasionally MFC for apps and to be quite
honest I wouldn't have said that there was much perceptible difference
between them as far as UI speed was concerned (except for the slight 'first
time JIT compile' issue with C#). I am a bit curious as to what you might be
doing with C# that makes the UI seem so slow?
Cheers
Doug Forster
"ilPostino" <ne**@ip80.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... Hey,
My experience with c++ is limited to ATL and for the past 3 years it's
just been c#. I need to write a UI intensive application that is just too slow
in managed code. So I'm re-doing it in unmanaged c++, what should I use in
vc++ 7, ATL, MFC or Win32?
thanks Craig
"ququ" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0f****************************@phx.gbl... Borland VCL (Visual Component Library) is the perfect collection of VB stile GUI components vor C++. Most recent version Borland C++ builder 6 was released less then year ego. Check http://www.borland.com
First of all, more than a year ago, second of all there will be no more VCL
updates (they're going to wxwindows). And third, builder is extremely bug
ridden
Good lack with UpdateData() crap. -----Original Message----- "ququ" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
messagenews:0f****************************@phx.gbl... Borland VCL (Visual Component Library) is the perfect collection of VB stile GUI components vor C++. Most
recent version Borland C++ builder 6 was released less then
year ego. Check http://www.borland.com First of all, more than a year ago, second of all there
will be no more VCLupdates (they're going to wxwindows). And third, builder
is extremely bugridden
.
I wouldn't go with Borland and vcl. Very outdated stuff.
"ilPostino" <ne**@ip80.com> wrote in message
news:ei**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... Good old borland, never thought of them. What makes their product good at GUI stuff?
Are they actually going to be around for much longer? ;-)
C
"ququ" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:02****************************@phx.gbl... Borland C++ builder is the best C++ tool for GUI development. You can develop com servers using VisStudio and call these com servers from Borland developed GUI.-----Original Message----- Hey,
My experience with c++ is limited to ATL and for the past 3 years it's justbeen c#. I need to write a UI intensive application that is just too slow inmanaged code. So I'm re-doing it in unmanaged c++, what should I use in vc++7, ATL, MFC or Win32?
thanks Craig
.
Hi,
Well to start have you tried running SharpDevelop? It is written in c# and
is a memory hog and is pretty slow - no offense to the SharpDevelop
developers ;-) me being one of them! The company I work for also has an IDE
for their core product and it is entirely written in c# and is also a memory
hog and pretty much drives a PIV, 512Meg machine into the ground. The
application I'm working on is for my Phd in soft. dev. and I just don't want
to spend years writing it to find its slow ;-) Most people seem to believe
the speed difference between an MFC app and c# isn't worth the extra
development time.
thanks
Craig
"Doug Forster" <doug_ZAPTHIS_AT_TONIQ_ZAPTHIS_co.nz> wrote in message
news:uN**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... Hi,
Our company uses C#, Delphi and occasionally MFC for apps and to be quite honest I wouldn't have said that there was much perceptible difference between them as far as UI speed was concerned (except for the slight
'first time JIT compile' issue with C#). I am a bit curious as to what you might
be doing with C# that makes the UI seem so slow?
Cheers
Doug Forster
"ilPostino" <ne**@ip80.com> wrote in message news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... Hey,
My experience with c++ is limited to ATL and for the past 3 years it's just been c#. I need to write a UI intensive application that is just too
slow in managed code. So I'm re-doing it in unmanaged c++, what should I use in vc++ 7, ATL, MFC or Win32?
thanks Craig
thanks!
Craig
"Tom Serface" <ts******@msn.com> wrote in message
news:OH**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... You're probably going to get a variety of answers to this "subjective" question. in my opinion MFC is a good thing to learn. It is a pretty
thin layer on the Win32 API with lots of helper classes. MSFT has said that
they will continue to support and improve MFC for the forseeable future so the investment in time to learn it will not be a waste.
My two pesos...
Tom
"ilPostino" <ne**@ip80.com> wrote in message news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... Hey,
My experience with c++ is limited to ATL and for the past 3 years it's just been c#. I need to write a UI intensive application that is just too
slow in managed code. So I'm re-doing it in unmanaged c++, what should I use in vc++ 7, ATL, MFC or Win32?
thanks Craig
> Well to start have you tried running SharpDevelop? It is written in c# and is a memory hog and is pretty slow - no offense to the SharpDevelop developers ;-) me being one of them! The company I work for also has an
IDE for their core product and it is entirely written in c# and is also a
memory hog and pretty much drives a PIV, 512Meg machine into the ground. The application I'm working on is for my Phd in soft. dev. and I just don't
want to spend years writing it to find its slow ;-) Most people seem to believe the speed difference between an MFC app and c# isn't worth the extra development time.
If you want speed and lightweight go for a full blown win32 app. It might be
more cryptic than MFC or other similar frameworks, but it's the best tool
for making fast and lightweight applications. All other methods use the API
down under anyways.
Alex.
ilPostino <ne**@ip80.com> wrote: My experience with c++ is limited to ATL and for the past 3 years it's just been c#. I need to write a UI intensive application that is just too slow in managed code. So I'm re-doing it in unmanaged c++,
If you know ATL and C++ well (including templates), you will be happy
using WTL. Start here http://www.codeproject.com/wtl/ or here http://www.idevresource.com/wtl/ . WTL is heavely templated (ie. no
runtime overhead, like MFC) thin object oriented wrapper around Win32
API GUI functions. Most (if not all) of its classes are derived from ATL
classes. I do not know how it fits complex GUI applications (probably it
does, due to elegant design), but it's worth a try.
B.
Serve Lau <i@bleat.nospam.com> wrote: [...] First of all, more than a year ago, second of all there will be no more VCL updates (they're going to wxwindows). And third, builder is extremely bug ridden
VCL is a Delphi class library for which
there's a C++ interface. AFAIK, the next
VCL thing in the making is to create a
.NET version of it. IIRC, plans are to
get a new native VCL out afterwards.
While the new C++BuilderX doesn't come
with a visual designer, it does compile
BCB6 applications out of the box. Also,
it's planned to have more RAD support
(including VCL RAD support) in later
versions.
Check out the open letter at http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,31277,00.html
Schobi
-- Sp******@gmx.de is never read
I'm Schobi at suespammers org
"And why should I know better by now/When I'm old enough not to?"
Beth Orton
Pent <pent> wrote: I wouldn't go with Borland and vcl. Very outdated stuff.
The VCl was last updated with Delphi 7,
IIRC correctly, that was less than a year
ago.
[...]
Schobi
-- Sp******@gmx.de is never read
I'm Schobi at suespammers org
"And why should I know better by now/When I'm old enough not to?"
Beth Orton
> You're probably going to get a variety of answers to this "subjective" question. in my opinion MFC is a good thing to learn. It is a pretty
thin layer on the Win32 API with lots of helper classes. MSFT has said that
they will continue to support and improve MFC for the forseeable future so the investment in time to learn it will not be a waste.
MFC is (right after DirectX) the most crappy API I've ever seen. It is
neither thin nor easy to learn. I think support for MFC will stop in the
next few years and they will only support and develop on .NET Windows.Forms.
IIRC, in 2004 they will release new GUI components for .NET with a brand new
API.
Maybe third party platform independent GUI classes for C++ are worth a look,
but I've never tried them.
--
cody
[Freeware, Games and Humor] www.deutronium.de.vu || www.deutronium.tk
codymanix wrote: I think support for MFC will stop in the next few years and they will only support and develop on .NET Windows.Forms.
This is not correct. Microsoft plans on supporting MFC for the foreseeable
future. We are working to make sure that MFC applications are able to take
advantage of new APIs in the .NET frameworks and WinFX.
IIRC, in 2004 they will release new GUI components for .NET with a brand new API.
Microsoft is introducing a new presentation API to Windows, but this is not
being released in 2004 (it is likely going to be in Beta though). Just as
MFC is an abstraction over the Win32 presentation APIs, it is very likely
that other libraries will be developed to abstract the WinFX APIs.
--
Brandon Bray http://blogs.gotdotnet.com/branbray/
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