Creating stellar GUI
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I am not sure if this is the exact topic to post here however I thought I'd give it a try. I have been coding MFC for a few years. The look and feel of the GUI's (that I create ! :() ( Dialog based app) seems ( to me ) to look very ordinary . Sometimes when you demo stuff to customers , part of the deal is to create "Flash" like GUI's that actually have the same functionality of an engineering application ( normally coded using MFC, C++). Customers most often get "wowed" by the new , cool , look and feel instead of the usual gray dialog with buttons and edit boxes. I am in search of something ( library / component(s)) that can still preserve the ease of coding in MFC/C++ but exposes a whole new world of creating stunning GUI ( rich in color and action ). I would appreciate if someone could provide ideas for achieving this .
Engineering is the effort !
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I am not sure if this is the exact topic to post here however I thought I'd give it a try. I have been coding MFC for a few years. The look and feel of the GUI's (that I create ! :() ( Dialog based app) seems ( to me ) to look very ordinary . Sometimes when you demo stuff to customers , part of the deal is to create "Flash" like GUI's that actually have the same functionality of an engineering application ( normally coded using MFC, C++). Customers most often get "wowed" by the new , cool , look and feel instead of the usual gray dialog with buttons and edit boxes. I am in search of something ( library / component(s)) that can still preserve the ease of coding in MFC/C++ but exposes a whole new world of creating stunning GUI ( rich in color and action ). I would appreciate if someone could provide ideas for achieving this .
Engineering is the effort !
There are loads of nifty looking controls on a certain website full of code articles... Gradient coloured bubble buttons, all sorts. I will warn you though - when you venture into Nifty, you usually take a huge detour through Hideous. Iain.
Iain Clarke appearing in spite of being begged not to by CPallini.