rdthomps@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Robert D. Thompson) (08/23/90)
I was mailed, what I think, is a common question by an individual on the internet. I could not respond to him through the e-mail address he gave me, so I thought I would share his question and my response. He writes: >Thanks for your posting to comp.windows.ms... I have a question >for you about CNS Views/C++. > >I already have Windows/3, Zortech-C++ and the Zortech Debugger >and am interested in writing windows/3 applications, but starting out >cheaply. If I was to purchase CNS Views/C++, will I also need to have >the Microsoft SDK to make windows applications? > >Is CNS Views/C++ just an Object Orientated interface/toolkit for >management of windows? > >Or, is what Zortech has enough to get into windows. >Thanks for any info you may have, > > - Chris > crm@icad.com My response: Yes, you do need the Windows Software Development Kit. The Windows SDK contains all of the necessary libraries you need to create Windows applications. Zortech C++ supports these libraries and you can link your Zortech C++ programs with them to create Windows applications. As for CNS Views/C++. I would describe it as a high-end toolkit that provides a class-browser (that runs within Windows !!!). Views contains many classes that are helpful for creating Windows applications quickly. I would highly recommend it for professional development. Well, those are just general descriptions...I guess the safest thing to say is... If you want to do C++ applications development for Windows you will need the following, - Microsoft Windows 3.0 - Microsoft Windows SDK 3.0 - Zortech C++ 2.1 (I am not sure about 2.0) Optional but highly recommended, - CNS Views/C++ Its very general, but I hope that is helpful. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert D. Thompson Object Productivity P.O. Box 081118 Rochester, MI 48308-1118 (313) 650-8716 rdthomps@vela.acs.oakland.edu
db@tc.fluke.COM (Dan Banay) (08/27/90)
In article <2700@vela.acs.oakland.edu>, rdthomps@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Robert D. Thompson) writes: > I was mailed, what I think, is a common question by an individual > on the internet. I could not respond to him through the e-mail > address he gave me, so I thought I would share his question and > my response. >... >... > > Well, those are just general descriptions...I guess the safest thing > to say is... > > If you want to do C++ applications development for Windows > you will need the following, > > - Microsoft Windows 3.0 > - Microsoft Windows SDK 3.0 > - Zortech C++ 2.1 (I am not sure about 2.0) ZTC++ 2.0 works fine with C++/Views -- I used it to post my review of C++/Views to comp.windows.ms (a while back). Unfortunately, to use it, you will have to rebuild the library (a major hassle). I would suggest (given the ~$40 upgrade for the compiler) that anyone with ZTC++ 2.0 upgrade to 2.1 -- it's superb. > > Optional but highly recommended, Yes! I couldn't imagine doing windows development without it. > > - CNS Views/C++ > Dan -- +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dan Banay | | db@tc.fluke.COM {microsoft,sun,uw-beaver}!fluke!db +1 206 356 6285 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | John Fluke Mfg. Co., MS 223B, PO Box 9090, Everett, WA 98206-9090 USA | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+