header windows.h in macintosh

[nacho4d]

I want to recompile a source file on my macintosh, but the original code is using windows.h and comctrl.h wich are 2 headers that Macintosh OS does not support.

I want to know if there is another library i can use instead of windows.h and comctrl.h or a similar and make some changes in the code.

I have investigated but I am not sure how useful could it be if I use a conditional compilation and include unistd.h header.



Actually is a Nintendo DS emulator source code and I want to re-compile it in order to have a Nintendo DS for Macintosh.

 

[Salem]

If the only thing which comctrl was used for was say an "open file" dialog, then you might have a fairly easy time.

But if there are masses of windows specific functions scattered all through the code base, then this will be a lot of hard work.

As for choosing an API, there are lots.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_(API)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa_(software)

This is a big list across many platforms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widget_toolkit

Though if you're going to do it at all, you might consider a cross-platform toolkit like

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WxWidgets

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