C / C++ / MFC

13-Jun-05 6:49

I started with coding in C# now I want to learn c++.

My Question is: Is there a visual environment for making window applications like in c# with the Visual Studio .NET??

I don't want those MDI window apps!
I know with .NET Studio and visual studio 6 I can make dialog based window apps, but only with MFC.

And in Dev-C++ there's no visual possibility to make windows.

How do all you guys make your window apps? By testing coordinate by coordinate for each control, until they're arranged correctly?

It's so simple in c#...

P.S. I want to be independent from the .NET framework, too. (i.e. no managed c++ in .NET!)

Maximilien13-Jun-05 7:13

Maximilien

13-Jun-05 7:13

The equivalent of the C# "forms" in MFC would be the CFormView, you create it, and use a dialog resource to create the form; the same way you create a dialog.

the visual studio comes with a resource editor to create the menus, toolbars, dialogs, ... but it does not really come with a "view" editor.

I don't think there is a 1 to 1 equivalent with MFC ( and the visual studio IDE ) to do Windows Forms.

Maximilien Lincourt
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Budric B.13-Jun-05 7:16

Budric B.

13-Jun-05 7:16

I use VC 6.0 and MFC to make windows. You use the resource editor to position your controls in the window. When you create your project you can either use Dialog type application or SDI/MDI application and derrive your CView class from CFormView and you can place controls in it like you would with a dialog box.

Opa Knack13-Jun-05 7:28

13-Jun-05 7:28

well, so i'll have to get used to the MFC, but how do I check the window message like this:

LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProcedure (HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
switch (message) /* handle the messages */
{
case WM_DESTROY:
PostQuitMessage (0); /* send a WM_QUIT to the message queue */
break;
case WM_PAINT:
// I can't find that in dialog based window apps in mfc
default: /* for messages that we don't deal with */
return DefWindowProc (hwnd, message, wParam, lParam);
}

return 0;
}

Cedric Moonen13-Jun-05 7:37

Cedric Moonen

13-Jun-05 7:37

This is purely win32 programming. That means without the MFC. The MFC are in fact just wrapper classes around the Win32 API. You can still use the resource editor with a win32 project.

For Dev-C++, you can use an external resource editor (there are some free on the web, just google for that) and add the resource in your project.

But Win32 programming is not that easy because you will need to manage everything by yourself (creation of the window, managing the message queue, ...)

Opa Knack13-Jun-05 7:45

13-Jun-05 7:45

That's what I meant: purely win32 programming without the MFC,

"you will need to manage everything by yourself (creation of the window, managing the message queue, ...) "
that's the interesting part in c++, isn't it? Wink | ;-)

Then I'm gonna search for resource editors to make windows, thank you very much!

Cedric Moonen13-Jun-05 8:03

Cedric Moonen

13-Jun-05 8:03

Opa Knack wrote:
that's the interesting part in c++, isn't it?

Yes this is interesting but it take some time to feel confortable with that Smile | :)

. But if this is not a problem for you, then that's great because you will learn a lot about how a windows program work.

David Crow13-Jun-05 7:00

13-Jun-05 7:00

This was the first book I read on Windows development. My first resource editor was...Notepad. Go forth and learn!

"Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who put them into action are priceless." - Unknown

Opa Knack13-Jun-05 10:04

13-Jun-05 10:04

good ol' petzhold Wink | ;-)

David Crow13-Jun-05 8:30

How do I remove the WS_THICKFRAME style?

13-Jun-05 8:30

Opa Knack wrote:
I know with .NET Studio and visual studio 6 I can make dialog based window apps, but only with MFC.

MFC has no bearing on whether an application is dialog-based or not.

"Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who put them into action are priceless." - Unknown

Anonymous13-Jun-05 6:12

Anonymous

13-Jun-05 6:12

I posted this late last Friday, so over the weekend the answer has gotten lost in the depths of The Code Project. I was looking to make my program not resizable, and one suggestion I got was that I could remove teh WS_THICKFRAME style, but could I please get some advice on how to do this?

Re: How do I remove the WS_THICKFRAME style?

David Crow13-Jun-05 6:17

Re: How do I remove the WS_THICKFRAME style?

13-Jun-05 6:17

See here.

"Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who put them into action are priceless." - Unknown

Nilesh K.13-Jun-05 15:36

Nilesh K.

13-Jun-05 15:36

Something seems to be wrong with the link Smile | :)

<bold>- Nilesh
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Re: How do I remove the WS_THICKFRAME style?

Nilesh K.13-Jun-05 15:33

Nilesh K.

13-Jun-05 15:33

Use CWnd's ModifyStyle[^].

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gaurav88913-Jun-05 5:37

gaurav889

13-Jun-05 5:37

Hey guys
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Gaurav

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C^hris L^osinger13-Jun-05 6:35

C^hris L^osinger

13-Jun-05 6:35

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Can you create Dynamic Object names?

Lagwagon5613-Jun-05 5:30

Lagwagon56

13-Jun-05 5:30

I am trying to set up linked list (MC++ Array List) with a loop adding 381 instances of the object. I would like each instance of the object to have a unique object name. I have tried adding the space number (i) onto a string but it will not let me use it as the object name.

Also When i run the below code it will set up 381 object, however the space from set_Space() is all the same at 381 on each instance. I thought that when i put each object into the array list it was unique but somehow they are all linked together. Thanks in advance.

<br />
void Resident::setupMaster()<br />
{<br />
	ArrayList *al = new ArrayList();<br />
	Resident* resident = new Resident();<br />
<br />
	for(int i=0; i<=381; i++)<br />
	{<br />
		resident->set_Space(i);<br />
		al->Add(entry);<br />
	}<br />

Re: Can you create Dynamic Object names?

David Crow13-Jun-05 5:39