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Robotex · Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 11:55 am Post subject: [HELP] C++ GUI

I'm trying to get in-depth with windows programming, so i want to see the pros and cons of
-Creating ourselves the window (CreateWindow etc)
-Creating the window using a dialog (Resource and CreateDialog)

I want to know also wich one is better for a small program with like 1-2 buttons and wich one for larger programs

Discuss

Flyte · Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:36 pm Post subject:

If you use CreateWindow(Ex) it is harder for people to edit your windows. (Using ResHacker as opposed to actually manually hooking and changing the function arguments)

CreateWindow(Ex) takes up less space in the code too.

appalsap · Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:46 pm Post subject:

well you could make it hard for people to edit your dialogs if you convert your resource data to binary data (dialog functions will not care Smile

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Robotex · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:00 am Post subject:

I don't think someone will want to patch a button Shocked

Take as an example a simple program with a Click me button, wich shows a messagebox with the text "Click!", are you going to use a dialog or a window?
And as second example, a program wich has got different dialogs like CE (suppose you're going to make it in C), what are you going to use?

appalsap · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:40 pm Post subject:

first: window
second: window

the only time when a dialog is appropriate is when you want people to edit it

Robotex · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:41 pm Post subject:

what do you mean with edit? edit control?
i thought dialogs were statics and couldn't be dinamically edited like windows Shocked

appalsap · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:04 pm Post subject:

If you use a resource file, they are editable by people who want to hack your program. Many programs are available that can edit resources. Ex: Resource Hacker

TheSorc3r3r · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject:

Dialogs, FTW! Windows (CreateWindowEx) are a bitch to deal with. Unless you're worried about your program being hack3d, which I doubt..

Flyte · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:58 pm Post subject:

Robotex · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:50 am Post subject:

well thanks for all replies Very Happy