Step One. Eeks what to do next

Dark Elf writes:
 > I want to know how to compile the following code. I have vc6 but have no 
 > idea how to use it.

 > I am currently downloading these files.

Unzip the following in some folder, for instance into X:\gstuff

 > atk-1.0.3.tar.gz
 > pango-dev-1.0.5-20021201.zip
 > atk-dev-1.0.3-20020821.zip
 > pango-1.0.5-20021201.zip
 > atk-1.0.3-20020821.zip
 > gtk+-dev-2.0.9-20021201.zip
 > gtk+-2.0.9-20021201.zip

Also, from www.gimp.org/win32/downloads.html, download the
pkgconfig-0.14.zip and libintl-0.10.40-tml-20020904.zip files and
unzip them into the same place.

Then follow the link to the libiconv site and download that, unzip it,
and put its DLLs and LIBs in the X:\gstuff\lib folder (and its EXEs in
the X:\gstuff\bin folder, although they aren't really needed to run or
develop GTK+-using software).

Then add X:\gstuff\bin and X:\gstuff\lib to your PATH environment
variable.

There are several ways to proceed. Here is one:

In a Command Prompt window, run:

C:\> pkg-config --msvc-syntax --cflags gtk+-2.0

and

C:\> pkg-config --msvc-syntax --libs gtk+-2.0

Copy the output from these two commands somewhere. For instance,
redirect the output of pkg-config into some text file which you edit
into a .bat file that you use to compile your application. (The Right
Way is to use nmake and makefiles, but if that's too hard, .bat files
will do.)

Then, assuming you are in the folder where the source file you want to
compile is, and that you have stored the output from the above
pkg-config runs in the GTKCFLAGS and GTKLIBS environment variables,
run:

C:\mysources\samples\hello> cl -MD %gtkcflags% sample.c /link %gtklibs%

--tml