
March 1st, 2003, 12:26 PM
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Contributing User
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: USA
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Yes, the AppWizard is an integral part of the Development Studio (or whatever MS Marketing is calling it now) which is part-and-parcel of Microsoft Visual C++ (at least up to v6; I don't know what it's called in .NET).
What is your compiler and development environment now? While you will progress up to GUI apps where VC++ would really help, you might be more inclined to be getting your feet wet first. I'm not sure what VC++6 is going for now, but I'm sure it's well over 100 USD.
Free might be a more attractive option right now. I've had fairly good luck with Dev-C++ from bloodshed.net (as in "blood, sweat, and tears"). They offer a GUI IDE that will generate console or Windows apps (Win32), DLL's, and even GTK+ apps. I think that v5, which is in beta, does even more. I've mainly been using their MinGW port of gcc/g++ to compile networking console apps and have been successful.
Don't get me wrong. I use VC++6 at work and am happy with it. But if your current goal is learning C++, this might be an easier and more affordable first step to take.
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