V C++ GUI Framework

V is an easy to program, cross-platform C++ graphical user interface framework. V was designed to make it easier to write C++ graphical user interface applications regardless if they are commercial, shareware, or freeware. In addition to OS/2 it supports MS Windows 16 and 32 bit and Unix like operating system via X11, note that the OS/2 version is available in versions for native OS/2 and XFree86

The original author of the package later introduced an IDE written using the package that supported C++ programming in general and the V C++ GUI Framework package in particular but that was only released in versions for Linux and 32 bit MS Windows.

Version

• Latest version: 1.9 for UNIX and 32-bit MS Windows
• OS/2 version:
  • 1.21 (PM native) - 1999-03-12
  • 1.24 (XFree86/2) - 2000-03-26
• Latest Windows 16-bit version: 1.27

Links

Note that the original author deleted all references and downloads to the package from his own pages a few years ago citing hosting cost reasons, however there are a couple of archives of the sites available, most (but not all) of the related code is available from SourceForge.

• CCP14 Archive from 1999
• V GUI Framework homepage 2008 - From Archive.org.
• SourcForge Homepage

License

• Open source released under either the GPL v2 or LGPL v2.1

Author

• Jon Hacker (OS/2 port)
• Andreas Helms (OS/2 XFree86 port)
• Original Author Bruce E. Wampler

Related Articles

• V - A Free C++ Graphical User Interface Framework by Jon Hacker
• The V C++ GUI Framework User Guide by Bruce E. Wampler (1999/06/30)

Publications

• The V C++ GUI Framework User Guide by Bruce E. Wampler