Make Gui with VB for C++ win32 console? 1

[Guest_imported]

VBGui (Visitor) Dec 23, 2001
howdy,
I would like to know how to make a gui using VB. The main program would be in Win32 console C++.
Ex.
suppose I have a C++ program created using win32 console.
Just to make it easy to understand what I am getting at,
fisrt I make a program to ask using to enter like his name and C++ cout it to screen.
Now How can I make the interface using VB? like when
C++ cout<<&quot;Enter name: &quot;; I would like it to be a VB input box.

Any know if this can be done?

 

[chiuchimu]

Thats something I wanted to try too. Its so eay to make a GUI in VB but C is better for the code work. I've searched and couldn't find an answer. The closest I got was to make dll in C and call them from VB.

 

[Jon4747]

Hi GuiVB and chiuchimu

The trick is not to create a Win32 console app.Choose instead MFC ActiveX ControlWizard project.Default through to the page 2 of 2 and check &quot;invisible at runtime&quot;.This creates an ocx. file that with do the hard code.

In the &quot;CMyOcxCtrl.cls&quot; class you declare and define your functions and in the &quot;DMyOcx.cls&quot; class You declare your interfaces, that is, function calls and return types available to the GUI.

Use the Build ocx. In the GUI go references -> browse to the MyOcx project ->debug -> MyOcx.tlb ok.

You will see in the object browser the ocx. and the interfaces

Jon

 

[michaelkrauklis]

Once you have your object loaded in the object browser how do you use it? MYenigmaSELF:-9
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[Jon4747]

Declare it where you normally declare variables
Public MyVar = MyObject
set it (such as it form_load)
Set MyVar = New MyObject
and release it when you're done with it
Set MyVar = Nothing

Jon

 

[Jon4747]

Sorry that should read

Public MyVar as MyObject

Jon

 

[Guest_imported]

What's up?

How do I declare member variables that aren't c++ integral types (like arrays, for example) in CMyOcxCtrl.cls?

 

[Jon4747]

Hi,
Arrays are integral types in C++. To declare one such as
int MyVar[10];
In the classview tree right click the class select Add Member Variable you'll get a message box. In the top text box declare the variable type (int), in the bottom one, the variable itself MyVar[10];
Then choose the access Public,Protected or Private

Jon

 

[Guest_imported]

What if I want to declare member variables of another c++ class that I wrote?

 

[Jon4747]

Hi Confused,

This thread's original intention was to show how to use a C++ OCX in a vb app. For an in-depth discussion on C++ variables you might want to try another forum. If I was to hazzard a guess to your latest question I would have to say

Inheritance

Jon