Completely Stand-alone gui-application?

Well, if you really have the time and don't need to deploy on 16-bit Windows, you could always write in Win32 assembly -see MASM32 and Iczelion's Win32 tutorials . There's even a IDE for Win32 ASM - WinAsm Studio :).

Questions like what your application and what your capabilities are need to be considered.

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