From: krishnakant M. <kr...@gm...> - 2006-03-26 14:59:09
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hello, I have been searching for a windows API wrapper library that can be used with mingw. may be this thread is off topic but not totally off topic. the fact is that I found some libraries but they are not pure wrappers of win32api and they don't have good support for mingw. can some one provide a pointer to a downloadable win32 API library that does nothing beyond just providing OOP oriented c++ library that wrapps windows API? if not is there a way to any way create a starting point for such a thing? I mean we all developers on the list can take this as a sub project and provide this library along with mingw. how's that! Thanks in advance. Krishnakant. |
From: Greg C. <chi...@co...> - 2006-03-26 16:39:13
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On 2006-3-26 14:52 UTC, krishnakant Mane wrote: > > I have been searching for a windows API wrapper library that can be > used with mingw. There are many. Only a few are popular. I use wxWidgets. Some other people use qt. Both those libraries are cross-platform GUI frameworks, not limited to msw. > the fact is that I found some libraries but they are not pure wrappers > of win32api and they don't have good support for mingw. I'm not sure what you mean by "pure". What libraries have you found that don't meet your needs, and why did you dislike them? > can some one provide a pointer to a downloadable win32 API library > that does nothing beyond just providing OOP oriented c++ library that > wrapps windows API? You may be interested in http://www.relisoft.com/win32/index.htm > if not is there a way to any way create a starting point for such a thing? > I mean we all developers on the list can take this as a sub project > and provide this library along with mingw. > how's that! Many people have tried this. Almost none have succeeded. It is easier to study their failures than to repeat them. It is more useful to contribute to a sucessful library than to try to write a new one. |
From: krishnakant M. <kr...@gm...> - 2006-03-26 17:46:30
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hi Greg, thanks a lot for your instent reply, well, actually I did try to try out wx widgets and some how don't know why I found the documentation as well as the people on the mailing list too complicated. I first of all could not manage to build a version for mingw. if there is a pre compiled binary library for mingw it will be great. I even tried using qt. but I also want Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) built in the librarie= s. I will have to make sure how qt supports it because I faintly recall that msaa is supported in qt. by the way I will be very thankfull if you could email me off the list if you have successfully used qt with MinGW. I will like to know the proper way of making (building ) the binary library for qt or if there is a pre built binary for MinGW please give me the link. thanks, Krishnakant. |
From: Michael G. <mg...@te...> - 2006-03-26 18:07:17
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> by the way I will be very thankfull if you could email me off the list That certainly is against the spirit of this list as it would deprieve others of the option to find the answer in the archives... Mentioning the archives: this topic had been discussed to death in the past. Search the archives and you'll find lots of info. > if you have successfully used qt with MinGW. MinGW is among the compilers officially supported by Trolltech. So yes, Qt works like a charm with MinGW. > I will like to know the proper way of making (building ) the binary > library for qt or if there is a pre built binary for MinGW please give > me the link. It does work out of the box and you should be able to easily find lots of links if you start searching for it in *ANY* searchengine [given your questions I'm convinced you didn't even try to search and you do not seem to have tried looking at Trolltech's website]. Best, Michael =2D-=20 Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ Michael Gerdau email: mg...@te... GPG-keys available on request or at public keyserver |
From: krishnakant M. <kr...@gm...> - 2006-03-26 18:45:37
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hi mikle, I did not mean to say any thing to discourage the spirit of the list. I just guessed that this discussion was not strictly on MinGW so may be some people might find it off topic. any ways I will be more than pleased to discuss it on the list. I have one question. by the way I tried finding some pre built binaries for qt but even with google I got some where close but could not actually find the links. and talking about the archive of this mailing list, unfortunately my screen reader is not working properly on some pages (don't know y it crashed) but the page for the archive search is one of those. so if you or any one on the list can give a link to any such former thread on the list I will be obliged. and yes I will like to try out qt if there is any binary available for MinG= W. thanks, Krishnakant. |
From: Michael G. <mg...@te...> - 2006-03-26 19:52:43
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> I have one question. by the way I tried finding some pre built > binaries for qt but even with google I got some where close but could > not actually find the links. I simply don't understand why you didn't find that yourself. I just search for 'qt+mingw' with the following URL: http://www.justfuckinggoogleit.com/search.pl?query=3Dqt+mingw The first two entries deal with the commercial version and th next two entries with the free edition. These do provide enough to get you started. HTH, best, Michael =2D-=20 Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ Michael Gerdau email: mg...@te... GPG-keys available on request or at public keyserver |
From: krishnakant M. <kr...@gm...> - 2006-03-26 20:38:45
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hi, well, I managed to get the sources, but what I need is a pre built binary which I still can't find on any page. Please provide any information on this. Krishnakant. |
From: Keith M. <kei...@us...> - 2006-03-26 21:28:08
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On Sunday 26 March 2006 9:31 pm, krishnakant Mane wrote: > I managed to get the sources, but what I need is a pre built binary > which I still can't find on any page. > Please provide any information on this. Michael suggested that you "just-fucking-google-it"; might I suggest that you "just-fucking-build-it" ;-) Regards, Keith. |
From: Greg C. <chi...@co...> - 2006-03-27 13:05:26
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On 2006-3-26 17:46 UTC, krishnakant Mane wrote: > > well, actually I did try to try out wx widgets and some how don't know > why I found the documentation as well as the people on the mailing > list too complicated. > I first of all could not manage to build a version for mingw. To build wxWidgets with MinGW and MSYS, the instructions say: | Change directory to the root of the wxWidgets distribution, | make a build directory, and run configure and make in this directory. and that works perfectly for me. > if there is a pre compiled binary library for mingw it will be great. They don't do that because there would be so many binaries: shared vs. static libraries debug vs. release single- vs. multi-threaded ... for each version of each supported compiler. |
From: krishnakant M. <kr...@gm...> - 2006-03-27 16:30:27
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the basic problem is that I don't use sigwin. so I will like to know the process of building it with mingw on windows. |
From: Michael G. <mg...@te...> - 2006-03-27 17:30:53
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> the basic problem is that I don't use sigwin. > so I will like to know the process of building it with mingw on windows. I'm really getting tired of this !!! You have been given all the URLs that provide detailed instructions as to how to build mingw (both with and without cygwin!!!) but apparently you didn't even bother to check out those URLs or read what's there but come back demanding further help. What are you expecting ??? Just go and read the instructions on the provided URLs !!! Anyway, this is my last post in this thread for the time being. I _might_ be willing to help you once you have shown you actually read what is suggested to you but certainly not earlier. Michael =2D-=20 Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ Michael Gerdau email: mg...@te... GPG-keys available on request or at public keyserver |