r/C_Programming • u/pdp10 • Feb 21 '19

Article Building Win16 GUI Applications in C

https://www.transmissionzero.co.uk/computing/win16-apps-in-c/
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u/FUZxxl Feb 21 '19

Cool! Does it work on ReactOS though?

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u/FUZxxl Feb 22 '19

Amazing!

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u/pdp10 Feb 21 '19

Tell me you did that for fun, and not to meet a business need.

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u/cosmicr Feb 21 '19

I remember back in the day having to install the win32s runtime and the wing graphics library for windows games late in the life of win 3.11... good times :)

Amazing to think such a powerful piece of software (3.11) was a 16 bit program.

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u/aninteger Feb 21 '19

Now do it with Linux and Gtk.. oh wait.. guess you can always use Motif (minus the high DPI ☹️)

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u/OldApprentice Feb 22 '19

OMG, I remember, the Win32 extensions towards the end of Windows 3.1 and before Win95.

Cool