Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) Fast Start
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Overview
- MFC Fast Start is designed to lay the foundation for developing applications written for the Windows operating system (Win32) using the Microsoft Foundation Class Library and Visual C++ 5.X with its associated wizards, resources and tools.
- Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:
- Use AppWizard and ClassWizard to construct windows applications using foundation classes.
- Understand the Document/View architecture of MFC and how applications can be organized around this kind of implementation.
- Map a variety of messages to class members using AppWizard.
- Draw images using basic MFC functions and objects.
- Construct and use resources, including menus, dialog boxes, OCX controls, property sheets, toolbars, status bars, and the Rich Edit Control.
- Understand how to update the user interface to correspond to program conditions.
- Incorporate advanced features such as splitter windows and file "drag-and-drop".
- Implement simple Registry usage.
- Implement "serialization" of data in Document classes.
- Design both Single Document and Multiple Document interface applications.
- Implement simple printing and print preview functions.
- Use varied View classes, such as the CFormView class and the CScrollView class.
Course prerequisites
C++ language proficiency and a knowledge of Windows API programming.
Course outline
- Introduction to Windows Programming Using the Microsoft Foundation Class Library.
- Wizards
- "Hello World", MFC Style
- Documents and Views
- Drawing in the View Window
- OnDraw
- CClientDC
- The Graphic Editor and Resources
- Diagnostic Macros
- Message Maps
- Class Member Objects
- Points, Rects, and Size Objects
- Invalidating a Window
- Using ClassWizard to Map Messages
- Mapping Modes
- CScrollView
- OnPrepareDC( )
- Strings
- Device Contexts
- GDI Objects
- Long-lived GDI Objects
- Fonts
- Modal Dialog Boxes
- Resource Editing
- Dialog Classes
- Dialog Data Members
- Message Mapping
- Activation
- Identifying Controls
- Setting Background Color
- Window 95/NT 4.0 Common Controls
- Progress Indicator
- Trackbar (Slider)
- Spinner
- Common Dialog Boxes in MFC
- CCommonDialog
- CFileDialog
- Members
- Invocation
- OLE Controls (OCX’s)
- Properties, Methods, and Events
- The Component Gallery
- Inserting Controls into Project
- Main Frame Windows
- Menus
- Keyboard Accelerators
- Command Routing
- Updating the User Command Interface
- MFC’s Built-in Menus
- Views with Data
- CRichEditView
- Members
- Using
- CRichEditView
- Property Sheets
- Building
- Member Data Objects
- Updating Data
- Invocation
- Toolbars
- Toolbar Bitmaps
- Button States
- Command Messages
- Updating the User Command Interface
- Tool Tips
- Using the Registry
- Status Bars
- Document Functions
- GetDocument
- UpdateAllViews
- OnNewDocument
- OnInitialUpdate
- DeleteContents
- Serialization
- Disk Files and Archives
- The Serialize Function
- The "Dirty" Flag
- Drag & Drop
- Document Templates
- Multi-Document Interface
- MDI Template
- MDI Frame and Child Windows
- Print
- Standard Windows Printing
- Printer Device Context
- Reading the Printer Rectangle
- Print Preview
- Splitter Windows
- CFormViews and Visual Basic Impersonations
- (Dialog-based Applications)