Mgui

Overview

MGUI is a C++ library that wraps over the low level Win 32 GUI API. The library is minimal and not cross platform. It's purpose is to provide a way to quickly create Windows GUI apps using the Visual Studio Community edition.

If you need cross platform support, there are better options like Qt.

Build Instructions

Clone this repo. Open the solution mgui.sln in Visual C++ Commuinity edition. Then build the solution. This will create mgui.lib under the x64 folder.

Using mgui

In Visual Studio create a Windows Desktop application.

Include the header file mgui/include/mgui.h.

Link your application code with the following libraries:

-lmgui -lcomctl32 -lgdi32 -lcomdlg32

Minimal Code Example

class MainWindow : public CFrame {
public:
    void create() {
        CFrame::create(L"Hello World", 800, 600);
    }

    //Called when user closes the window
    void onClose() override {
        //Stop the event loop
        CWindow::stop();
	}
};

int APIENTRY wWinMain(_In_ HINSTANCE hInstance,
    _In_opt_ HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
    _In_ LPWSTR    lpCmdLine,
    _In_ int       nCmdShow)
{
    CWindow::init(hInstance, 0);

    MainWindow mainWin;

    mainWin.create();
    mainWin.show();

    //Start the event loop
    CWindow::loop();

    return 0;
}