ellis@tekcrl.LABS.TEK.COM (Cynthia Ellis) (08/16/90)
I am looking for recommendations for the "best" tools to use to do MS Windows development using C++. I assume the Windows SDK will be required (although please correct me on this assumption if it's not true). Which C++ compilers work best with the Windows SDK? Can one use Turbo C++ or Zortech, or is one restricted to using ImageSoft's Glockenspiel translator and Microsoft C? What other compiler options are available? I'd be especially interested to hear from anyone who has already done any MS Windows application development using C++, especially in terms of what tools were used and what "gotchas" were encountered. Thanks in advance for your help! Cynthia Ellis Tektronix Inc. Computer Research Lab
CHRIS_LAVENDER_WADE@cup.portal.com (08/20/90)
I have used Glockenspiel c++ with CommonView class library. You also need SDK and MS C. It works. You can also use C++/Views from CNS and they reccommend Zortech C++. I have no experience here.
kearns@cs.columbia.edu (Steve Kearns) (08/21/90)
In article <33006@cup.portal.com> CHRIS_LAVENDER_WADE@cup.portal.com writes: >I have used Glockenspiel c++ with CommonView class library. You also need >SDK and MS C. It works. > >You can also use C++/Views from CNS and they reccommend Zortech C++. I have no >experience here. I recently spent 1.5 days trying to get C++/Views to work with Glockenspiel C++ 2.0a. No way. Half the troubles were with C++/Views (such as link errors when linking with the ATTlib.lib) and the other half were problems with C++ 2.0a. I really get the feeling that C++/Views has been tested/designed especially for Zortech C++ 2.0; therefore, if you are using glockenspiel, do not get C++/Views. -steve