#define, on 14 May 2012 - 10:33 PM, said:

Thank YOU Thank YOU. I just booked marked both of those sites. Also thanks for clearing up MFC and Win32API. Again my ignorance just shined through. Most of my programming exp has been on PHP but I am moving towards developing for the desktop.

I chose C because I really enjoy linux and I want to start kernel developing soon after picking up the basics. However a friend asked me to help him create a program for windows so I figured I would stay with C since that is what I was using. But as you can see I have clearly gotten in over my head.

But I digress and again thank you for setting me straight and not making me feel like an idiot.

#define, on 14 May 2012 - 10:03 PM, said:

Not Really. I just created it using n notepad then compilied it from the command line. However after watching a few videos online I did find out how to use VC++ 2010 to create c projects.

I am starting to get the feeling that most people don't use C for creating desktop applications. I say this because I can't seem to find a whole lot on the internet about creating desktop apps using MFC and C. Everything I find always seems to point to using C++

Found a solution but I am not sure why it worked.
The solution was to add

#pragma comment(lib,"user32.lib");

right under #include <windows.h>

However can someone explain to me what this means? Also using the cl.exe I tried LINK /out:Samplewindow.exe Samplewindow.obj User32.LIB which also seems to work.

Dormilich, on 28 October 2011 - 07:30 AM, said:

I must say that I really like the Front Controller Pattern. I never really thought if using it because I have never built anything that would require an MVC framework. However using a part from the mvc, I can really see the benefits. Thanks Dormilich for information. Really helpful and has a lot of great use for me.

Dormilich, on 28 October 2011 - 12:13 AM, said:

Interesting point I never really thought of doing it that way. I would say my exact reason for doing self contained scripts was to cut down on the number of .php pages. But at the same time this causes pages to become really complex and long. I may actually try this out.