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Are there any GUI toolkits that exist as a C DLL?

Are there any pre-built GUI toolkits that exist as a C DLL?

So i can simply import a static library and start using GUI commands to build an application written in C? Also so i can redistribute the dll with my application.

EDIT: Preferably with no dependencies or that they too are dlls.

Solution

  • IUP comes in pre-built packages. Scroll down to read which version you should get depending on which dependencies you want or which compiler you're using.

    Note that your preference to have no dependencies is almost impossible considering that most toolkits will link against some msvcr***.dll, IDE-specific libs, or other lower-level open-source libs.

    Realistically though, you should probably just pick your favourite toolkit and then compile it yourself along with all the dependencies, put them all into a folder, and that folder is what you link against to use the toolkit. Once you do that initial compilation it'll be just as easy to use as a precompiled one. Another advantage of compiling it yourself is you can pick which extras or extensions you wish to bundle in and which you won't need, which optimises the output filesize.