Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework

Summary

This chapter has covered just enough Managed Extensions and .NET basics to ensure that you get the most out of the following chapters without encountering repetition of the basics in each chapter. You began by seeing the canonical “Hello World” application in order to understand the key differences between a Managed Extensions application and an MFC application. I provided broad overviews of such .NET topics as assemblies, manifests, and references. From there, you examined a basic demo illustrating how to mix MFC and .NET code. The following part introduced some important mixed-mode programming issues and how to deal with them. Then you began to explore the subject of working with .NET types—focusing on their definition and usage in ...