Basic Stuff

[wink.co.nr]

Hi guys,
I'm Preetham... I'm new to c++...
I just learnt to make console programs..
I have many doubts.
1. How to stream text, to files...
2. Which is better OpenGl or DirectX
3. I wanted to know what reading material I should get, to start
learning windows programming..

Thanks in Advance.
Preetham

 

[Alf P. Steinbach]

* wink.co.nr:

Hi guys,
I'm Preetham... I'm new to c++...
I just learnt to make console programs..
I have many doubts.

In English the last sentence would be "I have many questions"; see <url:
http://www.tfd.com/doubt>.

1. How to stream text, to files...

Use e.g. std:fstream. Or just output to std::cout and redirect the
program's output. How to redirect depends on your operating system.

2. Which is better OpenGl or DirectX

Off-topic in this newsgroup.

3. I wanted to know what reading material I should get, to start
learning windows programming..

Again, off-topic in this newsgroup. However, this group's FAQ lists
some possibly relevant group. See the FAQ, e.g. at <url:
http://new-brunswick.net/workshop/c++/faq/> in Canada (the parashift.com
server with the latest version seems to be down at the moment).

Hth.,

- Alf

 

[Jim Langston]

Hi guys,
I'm Preetham... I'm new to c++...
I just learnt to make console programs..
I have many doubts.
1. How to stream text, to files...

Use ofstream. Such as:
std:fstream LogFile("ServerLog.log");
LogFile << "Hello world!\n";

Read up on ofstream and streams.

2. Which is better OpenGl or DirectX

Off topic for this group. People who use OpenGL will say OpenGl is better.
People who use DirectX would say DirectX is better.
I would say, if you *only* plan on doing graphics for windows, DirectX seems
to be easier to use for me. If you plan on *ever* writing graphic programs
for other platforms (I.E. Linux) then OpenGL would be the way to go.

3. I wanted to know what reading material I should get, to start
learning windows programming..

Windows programming is OT. A windows newsgroup would be better for this
question.

 

[wink.co.nr]

Thanks for your humble replies to my questions and also for the
grammar lesson.

 

[BobR]

Off topic for this group. People who use OpenGL will say OpenGl is better.
People who use DirectX would say DirectX is better.
I would say, if you *only* plan on doing graphics for windows, DirectX seems
to be easier to use for me. If you plan on *ever* writing graphic programs
for other platforms (I.E. Linux) then OpenGL would be the way to go.

<OT>
FYI: I've read several places that OpenGL is deprecated and now uses
OpenMesa (or somesuch). On Debian, Mesa provides the libs for OpenGL
programming (just install the packages, and no change needed in old
programs. Mine all work without any change.).
But, I may be misinformed, so, the ol' "grain of salt" applies here. <G>


To OP: There is an NG for OpenGL/Mesa (and ms DirectX).