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About Win32++

This documentation describes the features of Win32++, version 10.0.  To download a copy of Win32++ proceed to the project's hosting at SourceForge here.  

Win32++ is a C++ library used to build windows applications. Win32++ is a free alternative to MFC. It has the added advantage of being able to run on a wide range of free compilers, including Visual Studio Community, Clang, and the MinGW compiler provided with CodeBlocks and Dev-C++.

Win32++ provides a thin layer over the Windows API and is similar to MFC. There are several differences to MFC however. Win32++ uses very few macros, and doesn't use macros for message maps. All the code for Win32++ is provided in a set of header files. There is no need for any additional DLLs or libraries apart from those DLLs that are part of the window operating system. Win32++ has view windows but doesn't impose a Doc/View architecture on users. Users are free to employ a Doc/View architecture if they choose.

Win32++ currently supports the Windows Operating Systems: Windows XP through to Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022.  Win32++ version 9.6.1 is the latest version that supports older operating systems including Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME and Windows 2000.

This documentation is intended to be used along side the documentation for the Windows Application Programming Interface (API). The Windows API documentation ships as part of Microsoft's free Visual Studio Community. This documentation can be configured for offline viewing. An older version of the Windows API documentation ships as part of Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK.

Microsoft Visual Studio:  https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs.aspx
Microsoft Platform SDK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows_SDK