GUI Design question

[E.T. Grey]

Hi All,

I have written a number of libraries in (ANSI) C and C++ and I want to
write a front end GUI for my libraries.

I have taken a look at MFC - but the learning curve is WAY too steep. I
simply don't have the time to learn a new library. However I know the
following languages very well:

1). ANSI C and C++
2). Visual Basic (pre-dotNet)

Can anyone tell what would be the quickest way to write a GUI frontend
for my application (libraries) given my *existing* skill set?

At the moment, developing the frontend in VB (quickest) and hooking to
the C/C++ Dlls is looking very tempting - but I have heard that one can
no longer use the "Declare Function XXX ..." syntax in VB.

So please any advice on the best way to proceed - while making the best
use of my existing skill set will be very, very wellcome. I would also
be very interested in pointers to simple example that shows how to hook
the GUI to my front end.

Thanks

 

[Tom Serface]

My feeling is you need to learn "something". If your libraries are native
code then MFC may be a good choice for you. If they are managed code you
can, of course, use C# or VB to do your front ends with WinForms. I hear
people all the time saying that MFC is too hard to learn, but my experience
has been different. I though learning to program right to the Win32 SDK was
way to hard and MFC was a godsend.

Tom