@Amigakit
Not to ruin your parade .......
Advocating StormC4 to a newcomer is bad idea, it's quite outdated,far from bug-free and not cheap.
AFAIR there is a version of StormC3 on one of the developer-CDs, oki even more outdated, also not free, but it gives him all he needs to start (including doku).
Best start (for an C++ coder):
http://www.developers.2go.cc/cubic/download.htmlDownload the demo and the C++ package, install and of you go.