Win32++ provides a framework for developing applications, using the Win32 API directly. It supports all MS operating systems which run the Win32 API, from Windows 95 through to Windows XP and Vista. This framework is designed to produce programs with a similar look and feel to those created using MFC. It can develop applications based on simple windows, dialogs, frames and MDI frames. The frames produced by Win32++ have the following features:

• Rebar Control (to contain the Menubar and Toolbar)
• Menubar
• Toolbar
• Status bar
• Tool tips

Win32++ also brings an object oriented approach to programming directly with the Win32 API. Each window created is a C++ class object capable of having its own window procedure for routing messages.

Hopefully, beginners will find this framework simpler and easier to use than MFC. There are no confusing macros in the message maps for example, just straightforward C++. Most importantly, for beginners perhaps, this framework runs on free compilers readily available for download from the internet. You don't need to buy a compiler to use it.