RE: [Dev-C++] How many versions are necessary?

[Abhijit S. <mu...@gm...>]

> If I compile a Windows version with Dev C++ here on my old '98
> box, will it
> work on all Windows systems or just some -- is a 9x version, a 2000
> version, a XP version necessary?

That depends on what API functions you're calling. Your reference should
tell you whether a function is 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP-specific. If it doesn't,
check MSDN.

	http://msdn.microsoft.com/

> Keep in mind, this CGI isn't a lot more
> than "Hello World." It's purpose is to output some text (HTML) to
> standard
> out. If I was creating a window of course it would be Windows
> specific. But
> even setting up standard out could be, probably is, platform
> specific so...

You might want to try a cross-platform GUI toolkit - FLTK would be right for
you:

	http://fltk.sourceforge.net/

It's named that because it's Fast Light ToolKit. That's bogus (the name, not
the fast-light), but it's a fact (the fast-light, not the name).

BTW, if you create a window in CGI, it will show up not on the viewer's
screen, but on the server's screen. I hope you're clear about that. If you
want a window on the viewer's screen, you'll need to use JavaScript or some
such badness (or maybe Java - but is it really worth it?).

OT, I sincerely recommend that you use Perl-CGI instead of C... it's much
more friendly and easily-extendable.

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Abhijit Shylanath
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