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[ThePilgrim]

Okey so after google'ing around without no luck at all I've decided to try some forum help!
I'm trying to build a command-line program for display an OSD-style message, but i don't have any idea where to start.
I've been programming C/C++ for quite some time developing high-performance computing algorithms, but I don't really have that much graphics knowledge!

To be exact: the program will display a fading in/out rectangle with a message on it - kinda like a notification, in the middle of the screen. I might want to add a OK button to manually close the notify. It has to be WINDOWS compatible.

Any ideas where to start? Maybe a simple hello world?

[WingedPanther]

You're looking at learning the Windows API or a GUI toolkit.

[ThePilgrim]

I really don't like windows API programming ... any suggestions for smart GUI toolkits, maybe cross-platform?

[WingedPanther]

wxWidgets and Ultimate++ come to mind immediately.

[ThePilgrim]

Thank you for all your quick answers !