Convert Win32 Console Application to MFC
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If you have chosen Win32 console based application while using New Project Wizard, and later you realize you need to add MFC support, here is a trick.
Assuming you have Console based application created with MFC support (i.e., you have not chosen MFC support while using New Project Wizard).
In this Tip/Trick, I am not going into detailed steps of how to create a new project and all. I assume you know all these and face a real life problem of adding MFC support to existing applications.
Follow these simple steps and your application will have MFC support.
Here I am using project name as MyApp and IDE is Visual Studio 2008.
- Open your project.
- In Project Menus --> Select MyApp Properties(MyApp -> name of my project)
- In Configuration Properties -> General -> Use of MFC, select Use MFC in a Shared DLL option.
- Add the following line in your stdafx.h file.
#define _ATL_CSTRING_EXPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS // some CString constructors will be explicit #ifndef VC_EXTRALEAN #define VC_EXTRALEAN // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers #endif #include <afx.h> #include <afxwin.h> // MFC core and standard components #include <afxext.h> // MFC extensions #ifndef _AFX_NO_OLE_SUPPORT #include <afxdtctl.h> // MFC support for Internet Explorer 4 Common Controls #endif #ifndef _AFX_NO_AFXCMN_SUPPORT #include <afxcmn.h> // MFC support for Windows Common Controls #endif // _AFX_NO_AFXCMN_SUPPORT #include <iostream>