Tips & triks ist

Subject	Comparison with	Published
Retrieving command-line arguments	C++ standard	July 8, 2025
Showing a message box in one line	Qt / wxWidgets
Getting special folders (desktop, app_data, etc.)	Win32 API / Qt
Getting and formatting date/time easily	std::chrono, Qt
Creating a simple form with a button	Qt / WinForms
Writing to debug output and console at once	std::cout / OutputDebugString
Adding color to console output (text + background)	ANSI escape codes
Using timers (interval, elapsed event)	std::thread + sleep, Qt Timer
Localizing strings with xtd::environment::culture	.NET / Qt QTranslator

Showing a message box in one line

#include <xtd/xtd>

auto main() -> int {
  message_box::show("Hello, world!", "my_app");
}

Getting special folders (desktop, app_data, etc.)

#include <xtd/xtd>

auto main() -> int {
  auto my_file = path::combine(environment::get_folder_path(environment::special_folder::desktop), "my_file.txt");
  
  file::write_all_text(my_file, "Content:\n\nA simple text file\n");
  console::write_line(file::read_all_text(my_file));
  file::remove(my_file);
}

Getting and formatting date/time easily

#include <xtd/xtd>

auto main() -> int {
  console::write_line(date_time::now().to_long_date_string());
  console::write_line(date_time::now().to_long_time_string());
  console::write_line(date_time::now().to_string("u"));
}

Creating a simple form with a button

#include <xtd/xtd>

auto main() -> int {
  auto main_form = form::create("Hello xtd", drawing::size {300, 200});
  auto click_me = button::create(main_form, "Click me", {100, 70});
  click_me.click += [] {message_box::show("You clicked me!");};
  application::run(main_form);
}