Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework

Introduction

Back in Chapter 1, I illustrated just enough .NET and Managed Extensions basics to get you to the point of being able to mix MFC and BCL code. In the ensuing chapters, I intentionally stayed away from allowing this book to become a “Managed Extensions book” and instead focused on the coverage of various BCL classes and how they could be used in MFC applications. Hopefully, since you've reached this point of the book, you've discovered what led me to pen this text to begin with—namely, that by combining the MFC and BCL class libraries, you end up with the best of both worlds and, as a result, become a more productive software developer. That leads me to the focus of this particular chapter.

While the majority of the previous chapters' ...