Chapter 14. Windows Programming with the Microsoft Foundation Classes
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER:
The basic elements of an MFC-based program
How Single Document Interface (SDI) applications and Multiple Document Interface (MDI) applications differ
How to use the MFC Application Wizard to generate SDI and MDI programs
Files generated by the MFC Application Wizard and their contents
How an MFC Application Wizard-generated program is structured
The key classes in an MFC Application Wizard-generated program, and how they are interconnected
The general approach to customizing an MFC Application Wizard-generated program
In this chapter, you start down the road of serious Windows application development using the MFC. You'll get an appreciation of what code the Application wizard generates for a Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) program and what options you have for the features to be included in your code.
You'll be expanding the programs that you generate in this chapter by adding features and code incrementally in subsequent chapters. You will eventually end up with a sizable, working Windows program that incorporates almost all the basic user interface programming techniques you will have learned along the way.
THE DOCUMENT/VIEW CONCEPT IN MFC
When you write applications using MFC, it implies acceptance of a specific structure for your program, with application data being stored and processed in a particular way. This may sound restrictive, but it really isn't for the most part, and the ...
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