Hi, I want to create GUIs for my c++ programs (buttons that trigger events, textboxes that display results, and switching menus forms on the click of a button). And I am looking for the easiest way to do it using C++. I started looking at the Win32 API but gave up after finding wxDev C++ and Qt . Which one is easier to get started? wxDev seemed more convienient since I am already using Dev C++, and although the help menu is detailed, the tutorials lack a lot of info and worst of all, there are no forums for wxDev to ask for help, which really sucks! Anyway, here are some simple questions: How do I switch from one form to another after clicking a particular radio button? Here is the function: void Project1Frm::WxButton1Click(wxCommandEvent& event) { // insert your code here if(WxRadioBox1->????????) // what goes here { } } if("undefined"!==typeof hljs)hljs._ha();else if("undefined"===typeof hljsLoading){hljsLoading=1;var a=document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0],e=document.createElement("link");e.type="text/css";e.rel="stylesheet";e.href="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/9.7.0/styles/default.min.css";a.appendChild(e);e=document.createElement("script");e.type="text/javascript";e.onload=function(){var d={},f=0;hljs._hb=function(b){b.removeAttribute("data-hljs");var c=b.innerHTML;c in d?b.innerHTML=d[c]:(7 I already know how to close a window, here is the code: void Project1Frm::WxButton2Click(wxCommandEvent& event) { // insert your code here Destroy(); } if("undefined"!==typeof hljs)hljs._ha();else if("undefined"===typeof hljsLoading){hljsLoading=1;var a=document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0],e=document.createElement("link");e.type="text/css";e.rel="stylesheet";e.href="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/9.7.0/styles/default.min.css";a.appendChild(e);e=document.createElement("script");e.type="text/javascript";e.onload=function(){var d={},f=0;hljs._hb=function(b){b.removeAttribute("data-hljs");var c=b.innerHTML;c in d?b.innerHTML=d[c]:(7

Creating a simple GUI using wxDev C++

Mathog

Hi,
I want to create GUIs for my c++ programs (buttons that trigger events, textboxes that display results, and switching menus forms on the click of a button). And I am looking for the easiest way to do it using C++.

I started looking at the Win32 API but gave up after finding wxDev C++ and Qt . Which one is easier to get started?

wxDev seemed more convienient since I am already using Dev C++, and although the help menu is detailed, the tutorials lack a lot of info and worst of all, there are no forums for wxDev to ask for help, which really sucks!

Anyway, here are some simple questions:

How do I switch from one form to another after clicking a particular radio button? Here is the function:

void Project1Frm::WxButton1Click(wxCommandEvent& event)
{
   // insert your code here
   if(WxRadioBox1->????????) // what goes here
   {
    }
}

I already know how to close a window, here is the code:

void Project1Frm::WxButton2Click(wxCommandEvent& event)
{
   // insert your code here

   Destroy();
}

Caelestis

Mathog wxWidgets has documentation here. That said, I only know the Win32 API so I cant be of any help here. I can guess though: making a new form will not be something you can do from wxRadioButton (although maybe you want to get the radio's value from wxRadioButton::GetValue() to decide if you want to open new window). In you handler it looks like you can create a new wxFrame by simply calling wxFrame::Create() or just the (non-default) constructor for wxFrame.

Mathog

Caelestis Thank you for your reply, which is always very helpful. And thanks for the link.

Sorry for not explaining the "switching forms" properly. I neglected to mention that I created two forms in the project, and what I meant to ask was, after a user selects a particular radio button, and then presses another button, called "Submit", how can I switch from the first form to the second form. I think in VB its something like setFocus() if I am not mistaken. (Ok! After looking at your link again, I found "wxFocusEvent", I guess I need to spend more time reading this document, thanks.)

Finally, where is the best place to get tutorials on Win32 API Programming? I read "theForger's Win32 API Programming Tutorial" from beginning to end and compiled the programs and enjoyed it. The site was very helpful for what it was trying to accomplish. However, after reading it, I still did not have a clue on how to do other basic things like how to create buttons and text boxes to input and output data - basic things every beginner would need to know how to do for simple programs. It seems like a very steep learning curve but Im willing to take it, if only I could find the information.

Caelestis

Mathog The Forger's tutorial covered making buttons and edits and such, last I checked. For all other things you will need to become familiar with the MSDN.

Mathog

Caelestis Your guide are very useful and bring me to the point of understanding. I'm very new in programming, I do hope to know many thing about programming like you.