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[richm8026]

Does any Linux Users here know of a C++ Linux Window Skeleton??

I know that in Windows, it's

#include <windows.h>

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);

static char gszClassName[]  = "darkblue";
static HINSTANCE ghInstance = NULL;

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow) {
        WNDCLASSEX WndClass;
        HWND hwnd;
        MSG Msg;

        ghInstance = hInstance;

        WndClass.cbSize        = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
        WndClass.style         = NULL;
        WndClass.lpfnWndProc   = WndProc;
        WndClass.cbClsExtra    = 0;
        WndClass.cbWndExtra    = 0;
        WndClass.hInstance     = ghInstance;
        WndClass.hIcon         = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
        WndClass.hCursor       = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
        WndClass.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW+1);
        WndClass.lpszMenuName  = NULL;
        WndClass.lpszClassName = gszClassName;
        WndClass.hIconSm       = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);

        if(!RegisterClassEx(&WndClass)) {
                MessageBox(0, "Window Registration Failed!", "Error!", MB_ICONSTOP | MB_OK);
                return 0;
        }

        hwnd = CreateWindowEx(
                WS_EX_STATICEDGE,
                gszClassName,
                "darkblue owNz!",
                WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
                CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT,
                320, 240,
                NULL, NULL,
                ghInstance,
                NULL);

        if(hwnd == NULL) {
                MessageBox(0, "Window Creation Failed!", "Error!", MB_ICONSTOP | MB_OK);
                return 0;
        }

        ShowWindow(hwnd, nCmdShow);
        UpdateWindow(hwnd);

        while(GetMessage(&Msg, NULL, 0, 0)) {
                TranslateMessage(&Msg);
                DispatchMessage(&Msg);
        }
        return Msg.wParam;
}

I am not sure how to properly ask this question. Thanks for the help .. Even if there is a site that would be even better, I can copy a code off that and then go from there, I would like to do my own Apps from the ground up instead of using a IDE, I know that an IDE would be easier, but I really think doing it by hand would teach me a lot more than a GUI IDE will.. P.S. GUI(only), I really don't like Console Based Apps..

[sunils]

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Reason:- Author asks about c++ coding.

[xPlozion]

are you asking about a gui? if so, then take a look at the gtk libraries. I was playing with them briefly, making alert boxes and the sort. other than that, without a gui, you're stuck at the terminal :-/

[richm8026]

Eww, no thanks, definitely not Terminals, GUI sorry, I should have been more specific..

But, I did happen to look at FLTK, it looks pretty cool

[xPlozion]

as I've mentioned, take a look at GTK. they're a widely used gui, and iirc, it's used on firefox, evolution, and just about all gnome apps. kde uses QT libraries, but they didn't have a gpl license prior to 4.0. they used to be qpl, which was their own license.

so, take a look at GTK

taking a look at fltk's screenshots, it looks like something that would be used on openbox or something... :-/

[richm8026]

Thanks for the help =)

[xPlozion]

np ;). although i don't actually program desktop apps (just web apps), I am quite knowledgeable about it still.

but I think that i am gonna try to learn C++ and use gtk to make some sort of backend app for my site maybe, so I don't have to be on firefox. just something for me to do i guess :D

[richm8026]

Nothing wrong with that, LOL

[natsuki]

GTK, QT, you can even try WxWidgets, and some others (I dunno much but I know there are some other GUI platforms out there). You could use emacs for editing.

[richm8026]

Hey, does anybody know what Taskbars are made from?

I noticed in KDE 4.1 they can be resized, they can be wider or taller, now in Gnome, they can't be either one, I'm starting to think that Taskbars are made from forms, am I right or am I wrong?