GUI easy and fast without .NET framework?

Is there any way t开发者_高级运维o build graphical interfaces in the same rapid and easy way we could do in Visual Studio, but without .NET Framework? I'm looking to native Windows GUIs, so using Qt with Qt Creator is not an option (and it doesn't need to be cross-platform). Something with the Windows API using C++ would be great (not Delphi).

I mean, applications like WinSCP really have its GUIs written entirely by hand?

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Given:

1. You don't want to use Qt
2. You want to use Win API

The natural option is MFC. It's basically quite a thin wrapper around the Win32 UI API, but VS has an MFC UI designer that will save you a lot of work (no need to manually set the co-ordinates of controls etc.).

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My vote is still on Qt.

I suspect OP is really confusing "Native" with "deployable in a single binary". You can achieve this also with Qt by statically linking Qt dependencies. Contrary to popular belief, the LGPL does not prohibit this either.

Now if OP is looking for "deployable in a single super small binary" utorrent style, the answer would differ. A discussion around small binaries seems a good place to look. I would say there is a price to pay in increased development time though.

But I can't agree on Qt not being as native as say MFC.

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Another excellent option is C++Builder with the VCL. This is very similar to WinForms (whose design it clearly inspired) and much more productive than MFC in my opinion.

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As both Qt and MFC are wrappers around the native OS functions for managing windows and other OS utilities (that use Win32 API under the hood and look completely native) there is really no reason to consider the use of MFC over Qt, as it is not more native than Qt. Either your definition of "native" is broken or you haven't told us the whole story.

But there are a thousand reasons for considering Qt over MFC, as the latter is a complete pain to use, whereas the former is a cleanly designed, easy to use and still highly flexible library (that strives for nativity by any means possible).

The only way you might see MFC as more native is that it comes from Microsoft (the same company that developed Windows). But that doesn't make it more native. It's still a third party library. This third party worked for the same company as the party developing the Win32 API, but that doesn't make it specifically more tied to the Win32 API, as both were developed independently (and surely by different people).

Do Qt apps look and feel native under Windows?

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You could also take a look at wxWidgets.

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In addition to MFC, you might want to look into the Windows Template Library.