[SOLVED] Windows GUI apps require calling the Win32 API?

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[SOLVED] Windows GUI apps require calling the Win32 API?

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Hello

I'd like to write a small Windows GUI application in Purebasic. I didn't see the answer in the FAQ: Am I correct in guessing that PureBasic is a text-based language, and if I want to write a Windows application, I'll need to call the Win32 API, eg. CreateWindow(), etc.?

Thank you.
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Re: Windows GUI apps require calling the Win32 API?

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Not at all. You only need the Windows API if you want one of the gadgets to do something that Purebasic doesn't support natively. You can write quite a robust and powerful application with no API at all.
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Re: Windows GUI apps require calling the Win32 API?

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Hello littlebigman,

Wellcome on Board :)

if you like to see some GUI applications with pure PureBasic than open & run e.g. some of the gadget-examples you'll find in the purebasic/examples/sources folder.

greetings ~ Vera
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Thanks everyone.
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