Hi,
I have an desktop application that is developed in VC++ MFC (VS2010) but now I am struggling in providing rich GUI. So now I am thinking of different options that I can use to provide rich UI so that I can reuse C++ code. I have other requirement such as application size shd as minimal as possible. So I have identified following options to develop rich UI with C++.
1) C++, WinRT, Javascript, HTML --> (VS2011 --> Required to develop)
This will help in providing rich UI but not sure whether installer would require .Net environment to be packaged with installer on WinXP so that it would help in identifying the final size of installer.
2) C++,XAML,WPF --> (VS2008 /VS2010 --> Can be used for development)
This will help in providing rich UI and also can be easily port on Win8. But not sure whether installer would require .Net environment to be packaged with installer on WinXP so that it would help in identifying the final size of installer.
3) Another option could be migrating VC++ MFC application totally in C# but that we require time since it depends on the number of screens in existing application.
Can someone suggest me which of these option is better so that I can resuse C++ code and application / installer size would be as minimal as possible on WinXp,Win7,Win8 OS.
Regds