JF>
  > I am interested in knowing more about the Visual C++
  > concept and was wondering is it easier to implement
  > graphics menus into your source code with
  > or is is similar to "C" where you must make each little
  > menu item or button
JF>

  "Visual C++" is the name of one particular C++ compiler, Microsoft's.
  The word "visual" is nothing more than a marketing gimmick.  Microsoft
  C++ is no more "visual" than Borland C++ is "turbo",
MetaWare C++ is
  "high", or IBM C++ is "visual age".

  So let's forget the "Visual C++" rubbish, and concentrate on what you
  really wanted to know, which was how you write Presentation Manager
  applications in C++, and how that differs from writing them in C.

  And the answer is that it is as different as you need it to be.

  If you have a "traditional" PM application written in C and calling the
  system API directly, then you can compile it in C++ with no changes
  (save for those necessary to account for the syntactic differences
  between the C and C++ languages).

  However, this is not your only option in C++.  A fair number of C++
  compilers come with additional tools for C++ that make life somewhat
  easier for the C++ programmer wanting to write PM applications, such as
  class libraries, which allow you to model your user inteface using C++
  objects.

  For example, IBM Visual Age C++ comes with IBM OpenClass.  Whereas in a
  "traditional" C++ application you create a listbox (say) by calling the
  system API function WinCreateWindow, in an C++ application that uses IBM
  OpenClass you create a standard window by creating an instance of the
  IListBox class.

  On top of the class libraries come the application generator tools.
  Prominare Designer, for example, allows you to design the menus and
  dialogues used by your application, and then will spit out the resource
  script files and C++ source code for using those dialogues in your
  application.

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