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POAPI-level Unicode GUI Native apps in C++ for Windows/Linux/Mac
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copied!<p><h1>API-level Unicode GUI Native apps in C++ for Windows / Linux / Mac OS X.</h1><br/></p> <p>I am looking for writing a simple <strong>Unicode</strong>, <strong>GUI</strong>, <strong>Native</strong>, application, that can be run without need any non-standard library, written in C++ compiled with GNU-GCC (g++).</p> <h2>NOT</h2> <p>I don't mean one-code-source run-anywhere, but 3 (Win/Linux/Mac) code source! run-without-library (native application).</p> <h2>* Native application</h2> <p>Application can run without need any non-standard library, only the operating system C++ runtime (like MSVCRT on Windows).</p> <h2>* Unicode application</h2> <p>Right-to-left Window Layout (to support Right to left reading languages), with two buttons [Message] to show UTF-8 stings ("اهلا بالعالم") in a message-box, and [Exit] to... i think exit! :p</p> <p>===================================</p> <h2>The solution for Windows (Windows 7)</h2> <p>Compiler: MinGW g++ 4.5.0<br/> Command line:<br/><pre>g++ -Wl,--enable-auto-import -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -D_UNICODE -DUNICODE -mwindows -Wall test.cpp -o test.exe</pre></p> <pre>#include (windows.h) #include (tchar.h) #include (string) typedef std::basic_string ustring; LONG StandardExtendedStyle; TCHAR buffer_1[1024]; TCHAR buffer_2[1024]; static HWND button_1; static HWND button_2; inline int ErrMsg(const ustring& s) { return MessageBox(0,s.c_str(),_T("ERROR"),MB_OK|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION); } LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd,UINT uMsg,WPARAM wParam,LPARAM lParam) { switch (uMsg) { case WM_CREATE: button_1=CreateWindow(L"button",L"UTF-8 Message",WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE,10,10,120,25,hwnd,(HMENU)1,NULL,NULL); button_2=CreateWindow(L"button",L"Exit",WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE,10,50,120,25,hwnd,(HMENU)2,NULL,NULL); break; case WM_COMMAND: switch(LOWORD(wParam)) { case 1: _stprintf(buffer_1,L"اهلا بالعالم"); _stprintf(buffer_2,L"Hello World in Arabic !"); MessageBoxW(hwnd,buffer_1,buffer_2,MB_ICONINFORMATION|MB_OK|MB_RTLREADING|MB_RIGHT); break; case 2: PostQuitMessage(0); break; }break; case WM_CLOSE: DestroyWindow(hwnd); break; case WM_DESTROY: PostQuitMessage(0); break; default: return DefWindowProc(hwnd,uMsg,wParam,lParam); } return 0; } int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst,HINSTANCE,LPSTR pStr,int nCmd) { ustring classname=_T("window"); WNDCLASSEX window={0}; window.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX); window.lpfnWndProc = WndProc; window.hInstance = hInst; window.hIcon = (HICON)LoadImage(GetModuleHandle(NULL), MAKEINTRESOURCE(100), IMAGE_ICON, 16, 16, 0); window.hCursor = reinterpret_cast(LoadImage(0,IDC_ARROW,IMAGE_CURSOR,0,0,LR_SHARED)); window.hbrBackground = reinterpret_cast(COLOR_BTNFACE+1); window.lpszClassName = classname.c_str(); if (!RegisterClassEx(&window)) { ErrMsg(_T("Failed to register wnd class"));return -1; } int desktopwidth=GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN); int desktopheight=GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN); HWND hwnd=CreateWindowEx(0,classname.c_str(),_T("The solution for Windows"),WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,desktopwidth/4,desktopheight/4,270,150,0,0, hInst,0); if (!hwnd) { ErrMsg(_T("Failed to create wnd")); return -1; } StandardExtendedStyle=GetWindowLong(hwnd,GWL_EXSTYLE); SetWindowLong(hwnd,GWL_EXSTYLE,StandardExtendedStyle|WS_EX_LAYOUTRTL); ShowWindow(hwnd,nCmd); UpdateWindow(hwnd); MSG msg; while (GetMessage(&msg,0,0,0)>0) { TranslateMessage(&msg); DispatchMessage(&msg); } return static_cast(msg.wParam); }</pre> <p><br/> <a href="http://download.seifsoftware.com/the_solution_for_%20windows_in_c++.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://download.seifsoftware.com/the_solution_for_%20windows_in_c++.png</a> <br/> NOT: This application is attached only with MSVCRT.DLL, that mean is a native windows C++ application.</p> <p>===================================</p> <p><h2>The solution for Linux</h2><br/></p> <p><h2>Please HELP!</h2><br/></p> <p>how run the application on Linux without tell to user to install this and this.. a native Linux application!<br/></p> <ul> <li>What is the file format most be ? ELF, Bin.. ?<br/></li> <li>X11 is the native Linux GUI library ? or WxWidgets, QT, GTK+, gtkmm.. ???!!!<br/></li> <li>Can be run on Gnome and KDE ? or need a different code source ?<br/></li> </ul> <p>Any one know the solution for Linux ?<br/><br/></p> <p>===================================</p> <p><br/><br/><h2>The solution for Mac OS X</h2></p> <p><h2>Please HELP!</h2><br/></p> <p>I think the solution for Mac OS X is Cocoa in C++ with G++ ! but i'm note sure !</p> <ul> <li>Can G++ build a native Mac OS application with Cocoa ??</li> </ul>

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