Introduction to ACF (Another C++ Framework)

Yingle Jia

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This article introduces ACF, a C++ framework which brings the .NET framework to standard C++.

acf-02.zip
- Acf
  - docs
    - intro.htm
    - objmod.gif
    - What's New in ACF V0.2.htm
  - lib
  - samples
    - Corlib
      - Arrays
        
        Arrays.cpp
        
        Arrays.sln
        
        Arrays.vcproj
        
        StdAfx.cpp
        
        StdAfx.h
      - Boxing
        
        Boxing.cpp
        
        Boxing.sln
        
        Boxing.vcproj
        
        stdafx.cpp
        
        stdafx.h
      - Delegate
        
        Delegate.cpp
        
        Delegate.sln
        
        Delegate.vcproj
        
        StdAfx.cpp
        
        StdAfx.h
      - Environment
        
        Environment.cpp
        
        Environment.h
        
        Environment.rc
        
        Environment.sln
        
        Environment.vcproj
        
        EnvironmentDlg.cpp
        
        EnvironmentDlg.h
        
        ReadMe.txt
        
        res
        
        Environment.ico
        
        Environment.manifest
        
        Environment.rc2
        
        resource.h
        
        stdafx.cpp
        
        stdafx.h
      - Event
        
        Event.cpp
        
        Event.sln
        
        Event.vcproj
        
        stdafx.cpp
        
        stdafx.h
      - FileSystem
        
        FileSystem.cpp
        
        FileSystem.sln
        
        FileSystem.vcproj
        
        stdafx.cpp
        
        stdafx.h
      - Foreach
        
        Foreach.cpp
        
        Foreach.sln
        
        Foreach.vcproj
        
        stdafx.cpp
        
        stdafx.h
      - MFCReadWrite
        
        MFCReadWrite.cpp
        
        MFCReadWrite.h
        
        MFCReadWrite.rc
        
        MFCReadWrite.sln
        
        MFCReadWrite.vcproj
        
        MFCReadWriteDlg.cpp
        
        MFCReadWriteDlg.h
        
        res
        
        MFCReadWrite.ico
        
        MFCReadWrite.manifest
        
        MFCReadWrite.rc2
        
        resource.h
        
        stdafx.cpp
        
        stdafx.h
      - ReadWrite
        
        app.ico
        
        app.rc
        
        AssemblyInfo.cpp
        
        Form1.cpp
        
        Form1.h
        
        Form1.resX
        
        ReadWrite.sln
        
        ReadWrite.vcproj
        
        resource.h
        
        stdafx.cpp
        
        stdafx.h
      - Samples.sln
      - Samples.txt
      - Strings
        
        stdafx.cpp
        
        stdafx.h
        
        Strings.cpp
        
        Strings.sln
        
        Strings.vcproj
      - Threads
        
        StdAfx.cpp
        
        StdAfx.h
        
        Threads.cpp
        
        Threads.sln
        
        Threads.vcproj
      - Timer
        
        stdafx.cpp
        
        stdafx.h
        
        Timer.cpp
        
        Timer.sln
        
        Timer.vcproj
  - src
    - Corlib
      - Acf.Collections
        
        AcfCollectionBase.h
        
        AcfDictionary.h
        
        AcfList.h
        
        AcfStack.h
      - Acf.IO
        
        AcfBinaryReader.cpp
        
        AcfBinaryWriter.cpp
        
        AcfDirectory.cpp
        
        AcfFile.cpp
        
        AcfFileStream.cpp
        
        AcfFileSystem.h
        
        AcfIOExceptions.h
        
        AcfMemoryStream.cpp
        
        AcfPath.cpp
        
        AcfReaderWriter.h
        
        AcfStream.h
        
        AcfStreamReader.cpp
        
        AcfStreamWriter.cpp
        
        AcfStringReader.cpp
        
        AcfStringWriter.cpp
        
        AcfTextReader.cpp
        
        AcfTextWriter.cpp
      - Acf.Text
        
        AcfASCIIEncoding.cpp
        
        AcfCodePageEncoding.cpp
        
        AcfEncoding.cpp
        
        AcfEncoding.h
        
        AcfStringBuilder.cpp
        
        AcfStringBuilder.h
        
        AcfUnicodeEncoding.cpp
        
        AcfUTF8Encoding.cpp
      - Acf.Threading
        
        AcfEvent.cpp
        
        AcfMonitor.cpp
        
        AcfMutex.cpp
        
        AcfThread.cpp
        
        AcfThread.h
        
        AcfThreadSync.h
        
        AcfTimer.cpp
        
        AcfTimer.h
        
        AcfWaitHandle.cpp
      - Acf
        
        __AcfCriticalSection.cpp
        
        __AcfCriticalSection.h
        
        AcfArray.h
        
        AcfAutoBuffer.h
        
        AcfBoolean.cpp
        
        AcfByte.cpp
        
        AcfChar.cpp
        
        AcfConsole.cpp
        
        AcfConsole.h
        
        AcfDateTime.cpp
        
        AcfDateTime.h
        
        AcfDef.h
        
        AcfDelegate.cpp
        
        AcfDelegate.h
        
        AcfDouble.cpp
        
        AcfEnum.h
        
        AcfEnvironment.cpp
        
        AcfEnvironment.h
        
        AcfEvent.h
        
        AcfExceptions.h
        
        AcfFormat.h
        
        AcfGuid.cpp
        
        AcfGuid.h
        
        AcfInt16.cpp
        
        AcfInt32.cpp
        
        AcfInt64.cpp
        
        AcfInterfaceBase.h
        
        AcfLanguage.h
        
        AcfMath.h
        
        AcfMemory.h
        
        AcfObject.cpp
        
        AcfObjectBase.h
        
        AcfPreprocessor.h
        
        AcfPrimitiveTypes.h
        
        AcfRandom.cpp
        
        AcfRandom.h
        
        AcfRefPtr.h
        
        AcfSByte.cpp
        
        AcfSingle.cpp
        
        AcfString.cpp
        
        AcfString.h
        
        AcfTimeSpan.cpp
        
        AcfUInt16.cpp
        
        AcfUInt32.cpp
        
        AcfUInt64.cpp
        
        Delegate
        
        AcfDelegate0.h
        
        AcfDelegate1.h
        
        AcfDelegate2.h
        
        AcfDelegate3.h
        
        AcfDelegate4.h
        
        AcfDelegate5.h
        
        AcfDelegate6.h
        
        AcfDelegateTemplate.h
      - AcfCorlib.H
      - Corlib.sln
      - Corlib.vcproj
      - StdAfx.cpp
      - StdAfx.h
    - Pal
      - AcfPal.cpp
      - AcfPal.h
  - tools
    - vcide
      - AppWizards
        
        ConsoleApp
        
        ConsoleApp.txt
        
        VCProjects
        
        ACF
        
        AcfAppWiz.vsdir
        
        AcfAppWiz.ico
        
        AcfAppWiz.vsdir
        
        AcfAppWiz.vsz
        
        VCWizards
        
        AcfAppWiz
        
        Scripts
        
        1033
        
        default.js
        
        Templates
        
        1033
        
        root.cpp
        
        stdafx.cpp
        
        stdafx.h
        
        Templates.inf
      - readme.txt
      - usertype.dat
acf-01.zip
- intro.htm
- objmod.gif
- bcl
  - Arrays
    - Arrays.cpp
    - Arrays.sln
    - Arrays.vcproj
    - StdAfx.cpp
    - StdAfx.h
    - Boxing
      - Boxing.cpp
      - Boxing.sln
      - Boxing.vcproj
      - stdafx.cpp
      - stdafx.h
      - Delegate
        
        Delegate.cpp
        
        Delegate.sln
        
        Delegate.vcproj
        
        StdAfx.cpp
        
        StdAfx.h
      - Event
        
        Event.cpp
        
        Event.sln
        
        Event.vcproj
        
        stdafx.cpp
        
        stdafx.h
      - Foreach
        
        Foreach.cpp
        
        Foreach.sln
        
        Foreach.vcproj
        
        stdafx.cpp
        
        stdafx.h
      - MFCReadWrite
        
        MFCReadWrite.cpp
        
        MFCReadWrite.h
        
        MFCReadWrite.rc
        
        MFCReadWrite.sln
        
        MFCReadWrite.vcproj
        
        MFCReadWriteDlg.cpp
        
        MFCReadWriteDlg.h
        
        res
        
        MFCReadWrite.ico
        
        MFCReadWrite.manifest
        
        MFCReadWrite.rc2
        
        resource.h
        
        stdafx.cpp
        
        stdafx.h
      - ReadWrite
        
        app.ico
        
        app.rc
        
        AssemblyInfo.cpp
        
        Form1.cpp
        
        Form1.h
        
        Form1.resX
        
        ReadWrite.sln
        
        ReadWrite.vcproj
        
        resource.h
        
        stdafx.cpp
        
        stdafx.h
      - Samples.sln
      - Samples.txt
      - Strings
        
        stdafx.cpp
        
        stdafx.h
        
        Strings.cpp
        
        Strings.sln
        
        Strings.vcproj
      - Threads
        
        StdAfx.cpp
        
        StdAfx.h
        
        Threads.cpp
        
        Threads.sln
        
        Threads.vcproj
    - bcl
      - Acf.Collections
        
        AcfCollectionBase.h
        
        AcfDictionary.h
        
        AcfList.h
        
        AcfStack.h
      - Acf.IO
        
        AcfBinaryReader.cpp
        
        AcfBinaryWriter.cpp
        
        AcfFileStream.cpp
        
        AcfIOExceptions.h
        
        AcfMemoryStream.cpp
        
        AcfReaderWriter.h
        
        AcfStream.h
        
        AcfStreamReader.cpp
        
        AcfStreamWriter.cpp
        
        AcfStringReader.cpp
        
        AcfStringWriter.cpp
        
        AcfTextReader.cpp
        
        AcfTextWriter.cpp
      - Acf.Text
        
        AcfASCIIEncoding.cpp
        
        AcfCodePageEncoding.cpp
        
        AcfEncoding.cpp
        
        AcfEncoding.h
        
        AcfStringBuilder.cpp
        
        AcfStringBuilder.h
        
        AcfUnicodeEncoding.cpp
        
        AcfUTF8Encoding.cpp
      - Acf.Threading
        
        AcfMonitor.cpp
        
        AcfThread.cpp
        
        AcfThread.h
        
        AcfThreadSync.h
      - Acf
        
        __AcfCriticalSection.cpp
        
        __AcfCriticalSection.h
        
        AcfArray.h
        
        AcfAutoBuffer.h
        
        AcfBoolean.cpp
        
        AcfByte.cpp
        
        AcfChar.cpp
        
        AcfConsole.cpp
        
        AcfConsole.h
        
        AcfDef.h
        
        AcfDelegate.cpp
        
        AcfDelegate.h
        
        AcfDouble.cpp
        
        AcfEnum.h
        
        AcfEnvironment.cpp
        
        AcfEnvironment.h
        
        AcfEvent.h
        
        AcfExceptions.h
        
        AcfFormat.h
        
        AcfGuid.cpp
        
        AcfGuid.h
        
        AcfInt16.cpp
        
        AcfInt32.cpp
        
        AcfInt64.cpp
        
        AcfInterfaceBase.h
        
        AcfLanguage.h
        
        AcfMath.h
        
        AcfMemory.h
        
        AcfObject.cpp
        
        AcfObjectBase.h
        
        AcfPreprocessor.h
        
        AcfPrimitiveTypes.h
        
        AcfRefPtr.h
        
        AcfSByte.cpp
        
        AcfSingle.cpp
        
        AcfString.cpp
        
        AcfString.h
        
        AcfUInt16.cpp
        
        AcfUInt32.cpp
        
        AcfUInt64.cpp
        
        Delegate
        
        AcfDelegate0.h
        
        AcfDelegate1.h
        
        AcfDelegate2.h
        
        AcfDelegate3.h
        
        AcfDelegate4.h
        
        AcfDelegate5.h
        
        AcfDelegate6.h
        
        AcfDelegateTemplate.h
      - AcfBCL.H
      - bcl.sln
      - bcl.vcproj
      - StdAfx.cpp
      - StdAfx.h
      - ConsoleApp.txt
      - AcfAppWiz.vsdir
      - AcfAppWiz.ico
      - AcfAppWiz.vsdir
      - AcfAppWiz.vsz
      - default.js
      - root.cpp
      - stdafx.cpp
      - stdafx.h
      - Templates.inf
      - readme.txt
      - usertype.dat

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Written By

Yingle Jia

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Yingle Jia is a software engineer located in Beijing, China. He currently works at IBM CSDL (China Software Development Lab). His interests include C++/COM/C#/.NET/XML, etc. He likes coding and writing.

He is the creator of ACF (Another C++ Framework) project. See http://acfproj.sourceforge.net/.

He also has a blog at http://blogs.wwwcoder.com/yljia/

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