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[joy39]

i have a project(sort of) where i have to write a c programto take in user inputs and store it into a mysql database for future retreival.

now, i have written the program for console mode.

ie it asks the user

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please enter a name

and then the name entered by the user is stored on the database.

but, i have to do it in this way , like when the screen comes it will show

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name
|--------|
|--------|<- here the user will enter his name.
|--------|

and, from here the name entered will be stored in a string variable.

i am not sure , but i think it is gui programming.

i have no knowledge about gui programming.

unfortunately, i don't have much time to read a lot.

so. can you please point me to some tutorial or some resources or anything that is specifically aimed at this type of gui programming.

i want to use the win32 api

please help!

[mebob]

If you don't have time to read a lot, using the Windows API directly is probably not a good idea. If you have the paid version of Visual Studio you could use their MFC library. If not, you could use another library such as GTK+ and use a GUI builder with it (such as Glade for GTK+).

[dargueta]

It sounds more like you want a GUI for a console application? In that case, take a look at the ncurses and pdcurses libraries.

[mebob]

Oops, I'm sorry, I wasn't paying much attention :D

[psepheroth]

dargueta said:

It sounds more like you want a GUI for a console application? In that case, take a look at the ncurses and pdcurses libraries.

Yes. I agree with dargueta. Try ncurses. :pinguin:

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ncurses offers a lot of capabilities that you are looking for. And at first, I thought I could learn ncurses by just looking at the man page, but it's not. It's actually a whole book for you to learn ncurses. n-curses indeed :) :)