Quote from yoursecretpw: ....Also, check out Trolltech's Qt library. You will find a great wealth of functions to perform the splits and so on that you desire. Qt has amazing documentation and examples that, in and of itself, will provide an awesome programming education. Search the forums here to read about some others' experiences with Qt. There is seriously no easier way to get starting creating C++ GUI applications, and they can be compiled on various platforms with virtually the same code base. You can even integrate the open-source edition of Qt 4 with Visual Studio - check out http://qtnode.net for more info on that.
Just to throw in my own accolades for Trolltech's Qt. I love developing with it. But to the thread starter, learn C++ first... then you'll have a great openSource (commercial for qt-pro) framework to use in Qt.
When you're ready, aside from Qt's awsome documentation, the Qt Centre Forum is a great place to ask questions and get information.
