🌟 Simple Todo (C / WinAPI)

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A modern :) , native Windows Todo application built with C and Win32 API. This project demonstrates advanced Windows GUI programming and system integration capabilities.

✨ Features

📝 Create, edit, and delete todo items
✅ Mark tasks as complete
💾 Persistent storage in AppData
🔔 System tray integration (minimize to tray)
🌙 Native Windows look and feel
🚀 Auto-start with Windows option
🔍 Real-time search functionality with case-insensitive matching

🛠️ Technical Details

Written in pure C
Uses Win32 API for GUI
System tray integration
Lightweight native executable
Modern Windows visual styles with manifest

🐛 Debugging

Check out our debugging guide for instructions on how to debug this application using Visual Studio, VS Code, or other tools.

💾 Data Storage

The application stores todos in a binary file:

Location: %APPDATA%\TodoApp\todos.dat
Format: Binary file containing the entire todo list
Capacity: Maximum 100 todos

📋 Requirements

Windows OS
MinGW-w64 (GCC compiler)
Windows SDK (included with MinGW)

🚀 Building from Source

Install MinGW-w64:
- Download from MinGW-w64 website
- Or use MSYS2
- Add MinGW's bin directory to your system PATH

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Efeckc17/simple-todo-c.git
cd simple-todo-c

Build the project:
```
.\build.bat
```

🎮 Usage

Run bin/todo.exe
Use the interface to:
- Add new todos with the "Add" button
- Edit existing todos by selecting and clicking "Edit"
- Delete todos with the "Delete" button
- Mark todos as complete with the "Complete" button
- Set priority levels for each todo

🏗️ Project Structure

.
├── src/
│   ├── app.manifest
│   ├── main.c           # Application entry point
│   ├── todo.c           # Todo management logic
│   ├── todo.h           # Todo data structures and declarations
│   ├── gui.c            # GUI implementation
│   └── utils/
│       ├── search.c     # Search functionality implementation
│       └── search.h     # Search function declarations
├── bin/                 # Compiled executable
├── build.bat            # Build script
└── README.md            # This file

🔧 Development

The project uses the following key components:

Win32 API: For window management and GUI
Common Controls: For modern UI elements
UXTheme: For Windows visual styles
File I/O: For data persistence

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

📫 Contact

Toxi360 - @Efeckc17

Project Link: https://github.com/Efeckc17/simple-todo-c

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