Well while it may not have an explicit C++ interface, I've found that you can go very far using ATL & WTL. These form a very nice and thin C++ wrapper to the Wi

Well while it may not have an explicit C++ interface, I've found that you can go very far using ATL & WTL. These form a very nice and thin C++ wrapper to the Win32 API and also give you some handy smart pointers and STL container adapters. I've used ATL & WTL with STL and Boost with no problems.