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How many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++?

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  • L Link2600

    Just curious, how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++? Not WinForm or even MFC, I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

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    Diagon Alley
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    Me!:)

    ---------------------------------------------- If you need a hammer get C and shut up. If you need a nail gun get C++ and shut up. If you don't need *those* things (and good design should tell you) then by all means get a factory, factory, factory. --code-frog@codeproject ---------------------------------------------- Why would you need to date, when C++ is your soul mate?! --Steve Echols@codeproject ----------------------------------------------

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    • L Link2600

      Just curious, how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++? Not WinForm or even MFC, I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

      ======================================= A goal without a plan remains a dream. =======================================

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      Anton Afanasyev
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      I do...well, only the window creation part - thats all I need for my Direct3D apps. rara avis in terris

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      • L Link2600

        Just curious, how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++? Not WinForm or even MFC, I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

        ======================================= A goal without a plan remains a dream. =======================================

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        peterchen
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        Not entire apps, but Many snippets I write use raw Win32. It feels more straightforward than all the libraries out there.


        Some of us walk the memory lane, others plummet into a rabbit hole
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        • L Lost User

          I have in the past and Ive also had root canal therapy at the dentist. I prefer the dentist. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

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          peterchen
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          Josh Gray wrote:

          I prefer the dentist.

          A smoking hot go-daddy girl? :rolleyes:


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          • L Link2600

            Just curious, how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++? Not WinForm or even MFC, I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

            ======================================= A goal without a plan remains a dream. =======================================

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            Stuart Dootson
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            Everything I develop at work pretty much.

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            • L Link2600

              Just curious, how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++? Not WinForm or even MFC, I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

              ======================================= A goal without a plan remains a dream. =======================================

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              Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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              Our current project[^] is written entirely in C++ as using a .NET language would have been too limiting (we have a single binary that targets all supported platforms; that simply wouldn't be possible in C# because of framework versioning restrictions). For a project of this size (approx 70,000 lines now, not including comments) using Win32 raw is just not productive, particularly as it makes heavy use of multithreading (there are two thread pools), UI and ActiveX. ATL 7.1 and WTL 7.5 provide everything we need so we don't need to incurr the overhead or architectural assumptions of MFC. Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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              • L Link2600

                Just curious, how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++? Not WinForm or even MFC, I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

                ======================================= A goal without a plan remains a dream. =======================================

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                Jetli Jerry
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                I am too Sometimes MFC, Jetli Constant Thing In World Is Change.

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                • L Link2600

                  Just curious, how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++? Not WinForm or even MFC, I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

                  ======================================= A goal without a plan remains a dream. =======================================

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                  ThatsAlok
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                  Link2006 wrote:

                  I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

                  yes i one of them!

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                  • L Link2600

                    Just curious, how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++? Not WinForm or even MFC, I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

                    ======================================= A goal without a plan remains a dream. =======================================

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                    Mike Dimmick
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                    Yes, for small utility programs that run on Windows CE. Either they have no UI or the UI support in ATL is overkill - if you only have one window displaying static text, the Win32 EXE AppWizard's auto-generated 'Hello World' app is enough, likewise if you just have a single dialog that just needs to display a progress bar. Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder

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                    • L Link2600

                      Just curious, how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++? Not WinForm or even MFC, I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

                      ======================================= A goal without a plan remains a dream. =======================================

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                      El Corazon
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                      Link2006 wrote:

                      how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++?

                      Not sure I really count, but yes. Mostly because I rarely need more. As soon as I have established a window, the rest is all OpenGL and my code anyhow. I will occasionally use a routine for more, but very rarely. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                      • L Link2600

                        Just curious, how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++? Not WinForm or even MFC, I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

                        ======================================= A goal without a plan remains a dream. =======================================

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                        cmk
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                        For PDA dev i use a mix of Win32 and MFC. For desktop/server i use a framework i developed years ago that wraps Win32. ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set

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                        • L Link2600

                          Just curious, how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++? Not WinForm or even MFC, I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

                          ======================================= A goal without a plan remains a dream. =======================================

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                          curt powell
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                          Absolutely! Low-level code (drivers, services).

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                          • L Link2600

                            Just curious, how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++? Not WinForm or even MFC, I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

                            ======================================= A goal without a plan remains a dream. =======================================

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                            Jeremy Falcon
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                            I still use a lot of raw Win32 API and C, but I'm also becoming a game programmer using OpenGL and a multimedia library I'm working on. For normal, data-driven apps, I'd probably use something higher level though, but for games, I have the need for speed. :cool: Also, I do like being able to make the occasional app with no dependencies either.

                            Jeremy Falcon

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                            • C Christian Graus

                              For *real* old fashioned, you should have said 'just C'. Either way, looks like you found the only guy. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog

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                              Jeremy Falcon
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                              Christian Graus wrote:

                              Either way, looks like you found the only guy.

                              I'm in the same crowd. That makes three! Woo Hoo. :laugh:

                              Jeremy Falcon

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                              • L Link2600

                                Just curious, how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++? Not WinForm or even MFC, I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

                                ======================================= A goal without a plan remains a dream. =======================================

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                                jewell
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                                I use the correct tool to solve the problem. So yes, if the problem calls for C/C++ and Win32, then that is what I use.

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                                  Just curious, how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++? Not WinForm or even MFC, I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

                                  ======================================= A goal without a plan remains a dream. =======================================

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                                  Jason J Neigh
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                                  Me too. And I know 4 others not reading this.

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                                  • L Link2600

                                    Just curious, how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++? Not WinForm or even MFC, I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

                                    ======================================= A goal without a plan remains a dream. =======================================

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                                    Christopher Lloyd
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                                    It's all I use, even for big apps. But then all my work involves real time image manipulation and for a lot of that I use assembler - so C++ and Win32 feels really high-level to me! Also I like the total lack of dependency. All my apps run on all 32 bit versions of Windows using a single exe (OK, I do use delayload so I can take advantage of new features). Finally, maybe I'm just too old and stuck in my ways. (I started my progamming career writing a GUI for the PC in C, this was a long time ago - before Windows even existed). And somehow I can never find the time to learn all the new libraries - but then it seems to me you finished learning one and 3 new ones come out!

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                                    • L Link2600

                                      Just curious, how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++? Not WinForm or even MFC, I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

                                      ======================================= A goal without a plan remains a dream. =======================================

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                                      stephen hazel
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                                      me too! working on a midi sequencer (song editor) http://shazware.com/ditty/ And a few utility apps and such. That's home programming though. Not at work. But exclusively Win32 API and C++ at home. ...Steve

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                                      • L Link2600

                                        Just curious, how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++? Not WinForm or even MFC, I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

                                        ======================================= A goal without a plan remains a dream. =======================================

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                                        ajdiaz
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                                        Only to write viruses and hacking tools. Win32 C++ is the best!

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                                          Just curious, how many people here still develop apps in Win32 with C/C++? Not WinForm or even MFC, I mean good old fashion WIN32 API with C/C++. Anyone?

                                          ======================================= A goal without a plan remains a dream. =======================================

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                                          Todd Smith
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                                          Me ... unfortunately.

                                          Todd Smith

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