Hello all;
A little background - I am what you might call an intermediate programmer in vb, and a beginner in C++ (currently taking a college course). I looked at forms for C++ and found them to be either really difficult, or really foreign - perhaps a combination of the two. At any rate, I want to create a program (it has to be in C++), but use a vb form as the GUI, since I am much more familiar with it.
I assume that you can create a form, compile it as a .dll, and use it withing C++. I'm a little confused, however, with how to handle the form events.
The problem is that, with C++, I am accustomed to using a cout statement as a blocking call while waiting for operator response. Without it, C++ code simply runs to the end of the code and closes. If using a vb form as a GUI, how do I deal with this What does the C++ code do while it is waiting for a button to be pressed on the form. How do I respond (in the C++) code to a button pressed.
Please be gentle with your answer - remember that I am very new at C++.
Thank you,
Steve Jackson
Call vb .dll from C++
CJ_1234
http://www.codeproject.com/dll/XDllPt2.asp
it also has the index of step by step articles.
Also a Google Search will help you alot
Heng-yi Liu
It seems like you need to start with basic Windows (does not matter VB,C++, C#). Try couple of MFC samples for start , something like "HELLO Sample". MFC is very simular to VB in structure and functionality . You might discover it easier to do it just in C++, whatever you are trying to do. The reason I am suggesting it is that it is possible to use VB from C++, it requires COM knowledge or interop services of .Net, both are not easy.
ROBIverson
OK, thanks - it is enough for me to know that it isn't the simplest way. Perhaps I will, indeed, play with the GUI builder in C++.
SteveJ
Uwe Heinkel
Sarath;
Thank you for your reply. The link you provided, however, is the reverse of what I need. I want to call a vb.dll from C++. With respect to google, I did that before posting here - it didn't really help me alot :)
Thanks