Need to get into developing Advanced UI in VC++.

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Hi,

I am a VC++ programmer (VS2005); I have always been more into Applications which needed Socket programming, STL,DB interactions,IOCP etc etc... more or less very little UI.

Now i want to design a Dashboard kind of application which i want to have multiple features like Widget , Animations kinds of stuff. I googled about it, there are some already built api's (which have some adv UI features), but i want to first learn the stuff.

I need your help in following things
1. Can i have all these features in VS2005 VC++ application.
2. Where can i find some references for learning the same.
3. How should i kick start learning developing such fully loaded UI in C++.

Any help is appreciated.

Posted 6-May-11 20:28pm

ganeshkawade2003

Updated 7-May-11 0:17am

Hans Dietrich

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2011-05-06T23:35:00

Solution 1

1. Yes
2. Google/MSDN
3. Google/MSDN

Much depends on your skills/experience/ability and it is impossible for us to judge that. Microsoft has hundreds of web pages that can help you, Google will find others, and there are plenty of articles here on CodeProject.

Posted 6-May-11 23:35pm

Richard MacCutchan

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ganeshkawade2003 7-May-11 13:38pm

Thanks Richard, for your reply, my 5 for the same, i do Google for the same, but i have never came across any VC++ application having animated UI , or a 3D UI etc , i don't mean it is not possible in VC++, still i have started working on direct X, let c....

Richard MacCutchan 7-May-11 14:47pm

The question is really too broad for this forum; gaining the knowledge of the subjects you are interested in is largely a matter of research: the internet or the library, or both.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-May-11 0:55am

This is exactly what I would do; but some book might also help. My 5 anyway.
--SA

Hans Dietrich · Answer 2 · 2011-05-07T00:15:00

Solution 2

As Richard says, there are lots of articles here on UI.

You might not find one single article with all the features you want. My suggestion: pick an article that has some of the features you want, and then read the code; learn how it works. After that, try to add another feature you want. Then add another feature.

If you get stuck, ask here and we will help you.

Posted 7-May-11 0:15am

Hans Dietrich

Updated 7-May-11 11:18am

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ganeshkawade2003 7-May-11 13:38pm

thanks, 5 !!!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-May-11 0:55am

Can also be useful, my 5.
--SA

Sergey Chepurin · Answer 3 · 2011-05-14T20:20:00

Solution 3

Install Windows SDK v7.0. Go to ...\Samples\winui directory. Test Windows Ribbon sample with ribbon interface. In \Samples\mediafoundation check, for example, the MFPlayer2 sample. Can be enough for the beginning.
Good luck.

Sergey Chepurin.

Posted 14-May-11 20:20pm

Sergey Chepurin

Updated 14-May-11 20:24pm

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ganeshkawade2003 15-May-11 4:55am

Thanks mate, 5!