User Interface

[sbyres]

Hi, im creating a program with Bloodshed c++ on windows. I am looking to enhance the user interface by adding different colours or anything else to make it look more friendly. I have found code for resizing windows but have seen a lot of different things for colour and cant seem to get much working. I've been told using System() is a bad idea, so are there any good header files to use or anyways to make my program look better than the black dosbox? Any pointers and help appreciated

[hamsterman]

choose one
Qt http://qt.nokia.com/products/
wxWidgets http://www.wxwidgets.org/
GTKmm http://www.gtkmm.org/en/

[sohguanh]

I take a look and somehow the idea of Nokia as the main "sponsor" for Qt troubles me. It seems wxWidgets is a better deal in terms of Open Source for the future.

Still remember Nokia take back owner-ship of Symbian OS SDK after making it Open for a few years. It could jolly well happen to Qt too! Most hardware manufacturers turn to Android OS SDK for their software needs instead.

Ideally an Open Source project should be backed by a few "sponsors" so it is neutral and partial in my opinion.

[hamsterman]

Don't trust Nokia, eh?
That's a pity. Qt, I'd say is the best of them.
But of course they all can do what is needed.

[z05DSL3A]

I am looking to enhance the user interface by adding different colours or anything else to make it look more friendly.

If you are still wanting to use a Textual User Interface, then you could look at PDCurses.

[ernestus]

I think he's talking about a text mode application, is not clear to me.

A now little bit off topic, sorry... Qt and wxWidgets are no comparable, at least when I used wxWidgets last time. Qt is a free complete framework, wxWidgets is a free widget toolkit. And as being free software, if somebody decides to close Qt, it is completely legal (it is under a GPL license) to fork the project and start, lets say, FreeQt or whatever.

Cheers