Windows Programming C++

Question

A Cluster of info, recources, and references about programming Windows.

Feel free to post more!

Answer 1

Some more:

Windows Programming Tutorials :

www.winprog.org/tutorial

www.benryves.com/tutorials/winconsole/1

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ff381399(v=vs.85).aspx

Answer 2

Great post manual. I had planned on looking into how to use the win api for making staff tools. An eventual goal is a convo editor to write lua files for the npc's.

Answer 3

@Manual
In Dev-Cpp you can easy add .rc files to project.
I don't know how it works in Visual Studio
but Code::Blocks doesn't have this option.

Answer 4

Links the microsofts site for creating windows applications.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384843.aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh875053.aspx

Answer 5

Walkthrough on Youtube:

C++ Windows Programming Made Easy:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHJE4y54mpC7SpFam7YxYrkoYLP3PywRR

Answer 6

Creating Windows applications thread

https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/405947/?ref=app

Answer 7

C++ Painting ( adding ) images and icons.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/creating-an-icon-or-other-image-image-editor-for-icons

Answer 8

@Wojciech

You can add resourse files in Visual studio as well.

I recently learned how to use them.

Its pretty cool!

Answer 9

@Immortal

Thank you, for sharing the site!

Answer 10

Xamarin Resources

- C# and C++ Cross platform app development using Visual Studio

https://www.sololearn.com/Discuss/1068494/?ref=app

Answer 11

Youtube Video

How to Block Access to a folder in Windows 10 ( 4.5 min )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLZOySPBhAk

Answer 12

Youtube Channel

Packt Provides free video Courses

- Take advantage of it!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3VydBGBl132baPCLeDspMQ

Answer 13

Other C++ Resources

https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/459759/?ref=app

Answer 14

Developing windows 10 universal apps tutorial
part 1

https://www.edx.org/course/developing-windows-10-universal-apps-microsoft-dev209-1x-1

Answer 15

Developing windows 10 universal apps part 2

https://www.edx.org/course/developing-windows-10-universal-apps-microsoft-dev209-2x-1

Answer 16

Developing windows 10 universal apps part 3

https://www.edx.org/course/developing-windows-10-universal-apps-microsoft-dev209-3x-1

Answer 17

Great resources!