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paraplayer

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Posted on 07-24-05 11:37 AM Link | Quote
Slowly improving.

Just wondering what i'll need to know to start learning about GUI.

i'm running under windows if that makes any diffrence....

I'm getting really bored learning things i can't make pretty.
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Posted on 07-24-05 01:04 PM Link | Quote
G, U, I.

Or did you mean how to program a GUI?
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Posted on 07-24-05 01:28 PM Link | Quote
(really? i always pronounced it ga-wee.)


anyways yea.

also is it advisable to start learning GUI in linux?

I've heard openGL and DirectX are hell to use in windows...
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Posted on 07-24-05 03:10 PM Link | Quote
You don't need any of those to make a GUI in Windows. It is complicated but not especially difficult. The hard part is finding a resource builder to make the actual interface.
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Posted on 07-24-05 05:32 PM Link | Quote
You should learn the Windows API before moving onto anything else. Just perform a Google search.

What language are you using, btw?
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Posted on 07-25-05 01:06 AM Link | Quote
I've always pronounced it Gooey.
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Posted on 07-25-05 01:13 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by sloat
I've always pronounced it Gooey.



And I've always pronounced it, Gee You Eye.
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Posted on 07-25-05 02:19 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by beneficii
Originally posted by sloat
I've always pronounced it Gooey.



And I've always pronounced it, Gee You Eye.


Technically, I'd consider that spelling it out.

For the record though, I pronounce it gooey.

(edited by Ramsus on 07-24-05 05:21 PM)
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Posted on 07-25-05 03:19 AM Link | Quote
I'd sooner stab myself in the eye with an icepick than pronounce it 'gooey'

I spell it out as well. Though I've heard people say 'gooey'... and everytime I hear it I die a little inside.
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Posted on 07-25-05 06:10 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by beneficii
You should learn the Windows API before moving onto anything else. Just perform a Google search.

What language are you using, btw?


I'm using C++

okay going to google windows API right now.

whats the diffrence between GUI and API?
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Posted on 07-25-05 06:32 AM Link | Quote
GUI = Guided User Interface (or Graphical User Interface -- I forget which). It is any sort of program interface that allows the user to interact with the program (like menu systems, dialog boxes, the stuff the user actually deals with in order to use the program).

API = Application Programming Interface. It is the series of functions (and other coding materials like structures, enums, etc) which the programmer uses in order to develop programs with the target library. In this case, the 'WinAPI' is the series of functions that gets your programming running on Windows. The DirectX API is the series of functions which the programmer would use to take advantage of DirectX. Etc.
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Posted on 07-25-05 07:38 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by paraplayer
Originally posted by beneficii
You should learn the Windows API before moving onto anything else. Just perform a Google search.

What language are you using, btw?


I'm using C++

okay going to google windows API right now.

whats the diffrence between GUI and API?


Yeah, as Disch said, they're not really different. An API is just a common set of functions for the programmer to use. An API usually makes it easier for you to set up a GUI, because it does all the low-level stuff (like displaying a windows and text onto the screen) for you. The Windows API is a really powerful way of setting up a window with the controls you want to allow the user to communicate with the program, while the DirectX API is done for things like fast animation, which is not really supported by the standard Windows API.

Here is a good site for learning the basics of the Windows API:

http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/


(edited by beneficii on 07-24-05 10:39 PM)
(edited by beneficii on 07-24-05 10:39 PM)
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Posted on 08-23-05 02:44 AM Link | Quote
I pronounce it Geeyoueye, but you could, if you are confused,
pronounce it Graphical User Interface.

(edited by score_under on 08-22-05 05:45 PM)
(edited by score_under on 08-22-05 05:45 PM)
(edited by score_under on 08-22-05 05:46 PM)
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Posted on 08-23-05 08:01 PM Link | Quote
I always pronounced it GOOEY
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Posted on 08-25-05 07:39 AM Link | Quote
I pronounce it Guh-Wee
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