Writing a simple Avalon app with C++/CLI

~ Nish

You cannot use XAML with C++/CLI, so you’ll have to hand-code your UI, as of now anyway. Anyway, here’s what you need to do to write a simple app.

Step 1

Generate a new C++/CLI project, set the subsystem to Windows, set the entry point to main, and add the following references :

  • System (if not already present)
  • PresentationCore
  • PresentationFramework
  • WindowsBase

Step 2

Add the following using namespace declarations to your cpp file :

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Windows;

Step 3

Here’s your main method :

[STAThread]
int main(array<System::String^>^args)
{
    return (gcnew Application())->Run(gcnew Window());
}

That’s all. Compile and run your app to see your first Avalon window in C++/CLI.

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5 thoughts on “Writing a simple Avalon app with C++/CLI”

  1. *Completely* unrelated, but do u mind telling me how you get double quotes working in the code boxes?

    I have code boxes but the double quotes are not selectable. It’s driving me nuts.

    Regards,
    Ash

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  3. Sorry. The outlines above where you insert the code samples and color the text.

    For example:
    namespace

    There is also a:
    “d:\\abc\\def\\ghi\\nish”

    used for coloring text (from the post on the SHCreateDirectoryEx API function)

    I can copy ‘n paste a code snippet that has a string param from your webpage into Visual Studio with no problems.

    However, when I try something similar on my webpage the quotes dont’ copy and paste correctly (they’re italic and not the ascii vertical kind). As a result, every code snippet pasted from my webpage into Visual Studio will have to have each double quote replaced.

    I was just wondering how you got the HTML formatting for your string params working? It seems incredible trivial yet – for the life of me – I can’t get it working.

    I hope that’s a little more clear?

    Regards,
    Ash

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  5. OMG! I finally got it. I had to use the code tag in wordpress not the span tag.

    Anyway, thx for your help. I feel kind of silly making a post about this and bothering you. I’m setting up my blog with WordPress also so I thought you might know.

    Again, I feel silly for posting and am sorry for bothering you with this. If you could please delete these posts that would make me happy. =P

    Thx and keep up the good work with the code project and ur site!

    Regards,
    Ash.

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