On 24/05/2011 02:54, Charles Rogers wrote: > Could any one reccomend a C compiler that doesn't resort > to the Command prompt to run what ever you write. I'm > writing simple C programs and editors are easy to find but > compilers all seem to use the Command Prompt to run the > results. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help ! ! ! > > CR > Do you mean you want to create a GUI app in plain C? If so check out Win API, Win SDK (comes with Visual Studio or can be=20 downloaded seperately), GTK. The compiler doesn't create the GUI, it's=20 the code you pass to it (e.g. using Windows API - CreateWindowEx() and=20 suchlike) Charles Petzold wrote a good book "Programming Windows" that covers the=20 Windows API quite well IIRC. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .