hi, i'm recently learning c++. im using the C++ tutorials at www.cplusplus.com, i'm on 2.3. I was wondering, all the tutorials make u make the application in msdos-form how can i make it in normal windows. also how can i make menu's what is the code for it? a example would help. and 1 last thing, creating links, how?

thanks,
josh89

The applications aren't in MSDOS format. MSDOS executables are
16-bit. They do run in text only mode this is *the* normal mode.
There is no such thing as "normal windows". You'll have to be
more specific, choose a toolkit like GTK or QT. My advice to you
though is to continue learning C++ and wait till you're a little more
advanced to try GUI programming. To create a hardlink use the
link() function. To create a symlink or soft link use symlink().
Note that these aren't win32 shortcuts.

#include <unistd.h>
int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);
int symlink(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);

what are you trying to make the program for? windows or linux?

well, right now for windows, so i can get the hang of it. i will for linux later. but info for doing it in windows would help.

Creating a win32 shortcut is a pain, you have to use
COM. It's a PITA. See here:
http://www.codeproject.com/shell/csh...t=%22%2Elnk%22

As for win32 gui stuff
http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/
The APIs for working with menu are astonishingly called:
CreateMenu
AddMenuItem
AppendMenuItem
DestroyMenu

You'll need this:
http://win32assembly.online.fr/files/win32api.zip

BTW there's a great search engine called google I got these links
from the first page of each search. http://www.google.com/
Except for the API reference which I just happen to know the location.