The Win32 Foundation Classes (WFC) - Version 45

Sam Blackburn

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The Win32 Foundation Classes (WFC) are a library of C++ classes that extend Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) beyond mere GUI applications, and provide extensive support for system and NT specific applications

wfc.zip
- wfc
  - BACKUP.CMD
  - HTML
    - Document.cmd
    - web
      - CLASSES.HTM
      - Coding.htm
      - gather.cmd
      - HOMEPAGE.HTM
      - pax.HTM
      - Release30.htm
      - Release31.htm
      - Release32.htm
      - Release33.htm
      - release34.htm
      - Release35.htm
      - Release36.htm
      - Release37.htm
      - Release38.htm
      - Release39.htm
      - Release41.htm
      - Release42.htm
      - Release43.htm
      - Release44.htm
      - Samples.htm
      - TechNotes.htm
      - TIMEBEG.HTM
      - TITLE.HTM
      - WFC.HTM
      - WTN001.htm
      - WTN002.htm
      - WTN003.htm
      - WTN004.htm
      - WTN005.htm
      - WTN006.htm
      - WTN007.htm
  - INCLUDE
    - CBase64Coding.hpp
    - CBitArray.hpp
    - CBubble.hpp
    - CConstellation.hpp
    - CCriticalSection.hpp
    - CCrypto.hpp
    - CDataArchive.hpp
    - CDataChunk.hpp
    - CDataFile.hpp
    - CDataLocation.hpp
    - CDataMemory.hpp
    - CDataParser.hpp
    - CDataSocket.hpp
    - CDesktop.hpp
    - CDragQuery.hpp
    - CEventLogRecord.HPP
    - CEVNTLOG.HPP
    - CExtensibleMarkupLanguage.hpp
    - CFile.hpp
    - CFile64.hpp
    - CFileDirectory.hpp
    - CFileTime.hpp
    - CFileTransferProtocol.hpp
    - CGarbageCollector.hpp
    - CJulianDate.hpp
    - CMemoryFile.hpp
    - CMicrosoftTape.hpp
    - CMixer.hpp
    - CNetConn.hpp
    - CNetFile.hpp
    - CNetInfo.hpp
    - CNetMesg.hpp
    - CNetRsrc.hpp
    - CNetSess.hpp
    - CNetShar.hpp
    - CNetUser.hpp
    - CNetWkst.hpp
    - CNetwork.hpp
    - CNetworkScheduleJob.hpp
    - CNMPIPE.HPP
    - CParsePoint.hpp
    - CPasswordChangeFilter.hpp
    - CPhysicalDiskFile.hpp
    - CPing.hpp
    - CQueue.hpp
    - CRandomNumberGenerator.hpp
    - CRandomNumberGenerator2.hpp
    - CRAS.HPP
    - CRASADM.HPP
    - CRASPORT.HPP
    - CReedSolomonErrorCorrectionCode.hpp
    - CREGISTY.HPP
    - CSecureChannel.hpp
    - CServer.hpp
    - CService.hpp
    - CServiceApplication.hpp
    - CSharedMemoryObject.hpp
    - CSMTF.hpp
    - CSquigl.hpp
    - CSuperRandomNumberGenerator.hpp
    - CSvcMgr.hpp
    - CSystemTime.hpp
    - ctape.hpp
    - CTimeEx.hpp
    - CUNC.HPP
    - CURL.HPP
    - CUUCoding.hpp
    - CVolume.hpp
    - CWait.hpp
    - CWeather.hpp
    - CXMLArchive.hpp
    - DCB.HPP
    - DrawGrid.hpp
    - DrawObj.hpp
    - DumyFile.hpp
    - Guards.hpp
    - LSOCKETS.HPP
    - LZFILE.HPP
    - Mfc2Stl.h
    - Modem.hpp
    - mtf.h
    - origianl_CFile.hpp
    - OVRLPD.HPP
    - Pager.hpp
    - PortInformation.hpp
    - RIFF.hpp
    - samtf.h
    - Serial.hpp
    - ServiceConfiguration.hpp
    - SkyWord.hpp
    - SOCKETS.HPP
    - SockFile.hpp
    - SprintSpectrum.hpp
    - stlxml.h
    - Structs.hpp
    - TSOCKETS.HPP
    - WFC.H
    - wfc_coverage.h
    - wfc_crypto.h
    - wfc_linker_setup.h
    - wfc_thread_information_block.h
    - wfc_undocumented.h
    - wfcfloat.h
    - WFCTrace.hpp
    - WindowsSockets.hpp
  - InternalCompilerErrors.txt
  - LIB
    - make.cmd
    - types.xml
    - WFC.dsp
    - WFC.dsw
    - WFC.mak
    - wfcvc42.mak
  - makewebsite.cmd
  - old_paxit.cmd
  - PAXIT.CMD
  - Renames.txt
  - SRC
    - ATCP.cpp
    - CBase64Coding.cpp
    - CBitArray.cpp
    - CBubble.cpp
    - CConstellation.cpp
    - CCriticalSection.cpp
    - CCriticalSectionGuard.cpp
    - CCryptographicAlgorithm.cpp
    - CCryptographicHash.cpp
    - CCryptographicKey.cpp
    - CCryptographicProvider.cpp
    - CCryptography.cpp
    - CDataArchive.cpp
    - CDataChunk.cpp
    - CDataFile.cpp
    - CDataMemory.cpp
    - CDataParser.cpp
    - CDataSocket.cpp
    - CDesktop.cpp
    - CDragQuery.cpp
    - CEventLogRecord.CPP
    - CEVNTLOG.CPP
    - CExtensibleMarkupLanguageAttribute.cpp
    - CExtensibleMarkupLanguageDocument.cpp
    - CExtensibleMarkupLanguageElement.cpp
    - CExtensibleMarkupLanguageEntities.cpp
    - CFile.cpp
    - CFile64.cpp
    - CFileDirectory.cpp
    - CFileTime.cpp
    - CFileTransferProtocol.cpp
    - CGarbageCollector.cpp
    - CJulianDate.cpp
    - CMemoryFile.cpp
    - CMicrosoftTape.cpp
    - CMixer.cpp
    - CMixerCapabilities.cpp
    - CMixerControl.cpp
    - CMixerControlDetails.cpp
    - CMixerControlDetailsData.cpp
    - CMixerControlInstance.cpp
    - CMixerDestination.cpp
    - CMixerLine.cpp
    - CMixerSource.cpp
    - CMixerSourceSelector.cpp
    - CMixerSpeakers.cpp
    - CMixerSwitchControl.cpp
    - CMixerVolumeControl.cpp
    - CMixerWaveIn.cpp
    - CNetConn.cpp
    - CNetFile.cpp
    - CNetInfo.cpp
    - CNetMesg.cpp
    - CNetRsrc.cpp
    - CNetScheduleJob.cpp
    - CNetSess.cpp
    - CNetShar.cpp
    - CNetWkst.cpp
    - CNetwork.cpp
    - CNetworkConnectionInformation.cpp
    - CNetworkFileInformation.cpp
    - CNetworkResourceInformation.cpp
    - CNetworkSessionInformation.cpp
    - CNetworkUser.cpp
    - CNetworkUserInformation.cpp
    - CParsePoint.cpp
    - CPasswordChangeFilter.cpp
    - CPhysicalDiskFile.cpp
    - CPing.cpp
    - CPingRes.cpp
    - CQueue.cpp
    - CRandomNumberGenerator.cpp
    - CRandomNumberGenerator2.cpp
    - CRAS.CPP
    - CRASADM.CPP
    - CReedSolomonErrorCorrectionCode.cpp
    - CRIFFChunk.cpp
    - CSecureChannel.cpp
    - CServer.cpp
    - CService.cpp
    - CServiceApplication.cpp
    - CSharedMemoryObject.cpp
    - CSMTF.cpp
    - CSquigl.cpp
    - CSuperRandomNumberGenerator.cpp
    - CSvcMgr.cpp
    - CSystemTime.cpp
    - CTape.cpp
    - CTapeGetMediaParameters.cpp
    - CTimeEx.cpp
    - CUNC.CPP
    - CURL.CPP
    - CUUCoding.cpp
    - CVolume.cpp
    - CWait.cpp
    - CWeather.cpp
    - CXMLArchive.cpp
    - DCB.CPP
    - doc.cmd
    - DrawGrid.cpp
    - DrawObj.cpp
    - DumyFile.cpp
    - IPCP.cpp
    - IPXCP.cpp
    - LMErr.cpp
    - LSOCKETS.CPP
    - LZFile.cpp
    - Modem.CPP
    - NAMDPIPE.CPP
    - NBFCP.cpp
    - original_CFile.cpp
    - OVRLPD.CPP
    - Pager.cpp
    - PortInformation.CPP
    - RASCP.CPP
    - RASNBPCP.CPP
    - RASPORT.CPP
    - RASPPPCR.cpp
    - RASPSTAT.CPP
    - REGISTRY.CPP
    - RemoteAccessServicePort.CPP
    - RemoteAccessServiceUser.cpp
    - Serial.CPP
    - ServiceConfiguration.cpp
    - SkyWord.cpp
    - SOCKETS.CPP
    - SockFile.cpp
    - SprintSpectrum.cpp
    - STL_CByteArray.cpp
    - STL_CDWordArray.cpp
    - STL_CPtrArray.cpp
    - STL_CString.cpp
    - STL_CStringArray.cpp
    - STL_CUIntArray.cpp
    - STL_CWordArray.cpp
    - Structs.cpp
    - TALKSOCK.CPP
    - U2A_A2U.cpp
    - wfc_am_i_administrator.cpp
    - wfc_append_string_to_CByteArray.cpp
    - wfc_append_text_to_edit_control.cpp
    - wfc_close_handle.cpp
    - wfc_convert_double_null_terminated_string.cpp
    - wfc_convert_double_null_terminated_UNICODE_string.cpp
    - wfc_convert_lpwstr_to_cstring.cpp
    - wfc_create_hard_link.cpp
    - wfc_delete_oldest_file.cpp
    - wfc_enable_all_privileges.cpp
    - wfc_enable_privilege.cpp
    - wfc_get_day_of_week.cpp
    - wfc_get_directory_usage_percentage.cpp
    - wfc_get_error_string.cpp
    - wfc_get_executable_directory.cpp
    - wfc_get_filename_from_handle.cpp
    - wfc_get_list_of_programs_that_run_when_a_user_logs_on.cpp
    - wfc_get_operating_system_version_string.cpp
    - wfc_get_web_page.cpp
    - wfc_move_file_at_reboot.cpp
    - wfc_parse_iso_8601_string.cpp
    - wfc_set_thread_name.cpp
    - wfc_start_screen_saver.cpp
    - wfc_undocumented_get_system_process_list.cpp
    - wfc_UNICODE_floating_point_routines.cpp
    - WfcTrace.cpp
    - xml_character_test_routines.cpp
  - WFC World.txt
  - wfcfaq.htm
sample.zip
- sample
  - Sample
    - ADO2XML
      - ADO2XML.dsp
      - ADO2XML.dsw
      - ado2xml.h
      - ado2xml.xml
      - CDatabaseParameters.cpp
      - CDatabaseParameters.hpp
      - convert_DataTypeEnum_to_string.cpp
      - convert_desired_tables.cpp
      - convert_table.cpp
      - get_blob.cpp
      - get_table_names.cpp
      - main.cpp
      - normalize_string.cpp
      - open_connection_to_database.cpp
      - output_field.cpp
      - output_schema.cpp
      - output_types.cpp
      - print_COM_error.cpp
      - print_provider_error.cpp
      - replace.cpp
    - ChangeServiceConfiguration
      - ChangeServiceConfiguration.cpp
      - ChangeServiceConfiguration.dsp
      - ChangeServiceConfiguration.dsw
      - ChangeServiceConfiguration.mak
    - ClockSync
      - ClockSync.cpp
      - ClockSync.dsp
      - ClockSync.dsw
      - ClockSync.mak
    - Counter
      - Counter.cpp
      - counter.h
      - counter.mak
      - CPCD.cpp
      - CPCD.hpp
      - CPerfDef.cpp
      - CPerfDef.hpp
      - CPerformanceCounterData.hpp
      - CPerformanceCounterDefinition.cpp
      - CPerformanceCounterDefinition.hpp
      - CPerformanceData.cpp
      - CPerformanceData.hpp
      - CPerformanceInstance.cpp
      - CPerformanceInstance.hpp
      - CPerformanceObject.cpp
      - CPerformanceObject.hpp
      - test.cpp
    - Crypto
      - Crypto.cpp
      - Crypto.dsp
      - Crypto.dsw
      - Crypto.mak
    - CScript
      - CScript.dsp
      - CScript.dsw
      - main.cpp
    - Data
      - CSimpleClass.hpp
      - Receiver
        
        Receiver.cpp
        
        Receiver.dsp
        
        Receiver.dsw
      - Sender
        
        Sender.cpp
        
        Sender.dsp
        
        Sender.dsw
    - DeMangle
      - DeMangle.dsp
      - DeMangle.dsw
      - main.cpp
    - DriverMover
      - DriverMover.cpp
      - DriverMover.dsp
      - DriverMover.dsw
      - DriverMover.h
      - DriverMover.rc
      - DriverMoverDialog.cpp
      - DriverMoverDialog.h
      - ReadMe.txt
      - res
        
        DriverMover.ico
        
        DriverMover.rc2
      - resource.h
      - StdAfx.cpp
      - StdAfx.h
    - dump_ntfs_streams.cpp
    - DumpEventLog
      - DumpEventLog.cpp
      - DumpEventLog.mak
    - EnableRASLogging
      - EnableRASLogging.cpp
      - EnableRASLogging.mak
    - EventPager
      - EventPager.cpp
      - EventPager.dsp
      - EventPager.dsw
      - EventPager.mak
      - MAKEMC.CMD
      - messages.h
      - messages.mc
      - messages.rc
    - GetWebPage
      - CNNWeather.cpp
      - CStockQuote.hpp
      - GetStockQuote.cpp
      - GetWebPage.cpp
      - GetWebPage.dsp
      - GetWebPage.dsw
      - GetWebPage.mak
      - wc.html
      - WeatherChannelWeather.cpp
    - HTML
      - html.cpp
      - html.dsp
      - html.dsw
      - html.mak
    - KillDoc
      - KillDoc.dsp
      - KillDoc.dsw
      - main.cpp
    - LastEvent
      - LastEvent.cpp
      - LastEvent.dsp
      - LastEvent.dsw
      - LastEvent.mak
    - Listen
      - Listen.cpp
      - Listen.dsp
      - Listen.dsw
      - Listen.mak
      - sl.cpp
    - ListProcesses
      - list_processes.cpp
      - ListProcesses.dsp
      - ListProcesses.dsw
      - ListProcesses.h
      - main.cpp
      - print_process_list.cpp
    - MAKEMC.CMD
    - Map2Def
      - Map2Def.cpp
      - Map2Def.dsp
      - Map2Def.dsw
      - Map2Def.mak
    - Microphone
      - main.cpp
      - Microphone.dsp
      - Microphone.dsw
    - MIME2HTML
      - Debug
        
        mime.html
      - dump_mime_mappings.cpp
      - dump_mime_type.cpp
      - get_command_line.cpp
      - main.cpp
      - MIME2HTML.dsp
      - MIME2HTML.dsw
      - MIME2HTML.h
      - normalize_string.cpp
      - replace.cpp
    - PasswordFilter
      - DLL
        
        InitializeChangeNotify.cpp
        
        PasswordChangeNotify.cpp
        
        PasswordDLL.cpp
        
        PasswordDLL.dsp
        
        PasswordDLL.dsw
        
        PasswordDLL.h
      - PasswordFilter.cpp
      - PasswordFilter.dsp
      - PasswordFilter.dsw
    - Ping
      - Ping.cpp
      - Ping.dsp
      - Ping.dsw
      - Ping.mak
    - Pinger
      - MAKEMC.CMD
      - messages.h
      - MESSAGES.MC
      - messages.rc
      - Pinger.cpp
      - Pinger.dsp
      - Pinger.dsw
      - Pinger.mak
      - PINGER.RC
      - Pinger.ver
      - resource.h
    - RasAdmin
      - RasAdmin.cpp
      - RasAdmin.dsp
      - RasAdmin.dsw
      - RasAdmin.mak
    - Serial
      - Serial.cpp
      - Serial.dsp
      - Serial.dsw
      - Serial.h
      - Serial.mak
    - SerialTest
      - Normal
        
        Receiver
        
        compute_checksum.cpp
        
        main.cpp
        
        Receiver.dsp
        
        Receiver.dsw
        
        receiver.h
        
        Sender
        
        main.cpp
        
        prepare_buffer.cpp
        
        Sender.dsp
        
        Sender.dsw
        
        sender.h
    - Service
      - Service.cpp
      - Service.dsp
      - Service.dsw
      - Service.mak
    - SkyPage
      - SKYPAGE.CPP
      - SkyPage.dsp
      - SkyPage.dsw
      - SkyPage.mak
    - SprintSpectrum
      - SprintSpectrum.cpp
      - SprintSpectrum.dsp
      - SprintSpectrum.dsw
      - SprintSpectrum.mak
    - Squiggle
      - Squiggle.cpp
      - Squiggle.mak
    - TortureXML
      - create_huge_character_reference.cpp
      - create_huge_element.cpp
      - create_huge_element_and_attribute.cpp
      - create_huge_element_name.cpp
      - create_huge_encoding.cpp
      - create_huge_version.cpp
      - main.cpp
      - TortureXML.dsp
      - TortureXML.dsw
      - TortureXML.h
    - USNOTime
      - main.cpp
      - USNOTime.dsp
      - USNOTime.dsw
    - WatchDog
      - MAKEMC.CMD
      - messages.h
      - messages.mc
      - messages.rc
      - WatchDog.cpp
      - WatchDog.dsp
      - WatchDog.dsw
      - WatchDog.mak
      - WatchDog.rc
      - WatchDog.ver
    - Wfc2Html
      - CCPPToHTMLTranslator.cpp
      - CCPPToHTMLTranslator.hpp
      - load_translator.cpp
      - main.cpp
      - translate_file.cpp
      - Wfc2Html.dsp
      - Wfc2Html.dsw
      - wfc2html.h
    - WinPage
      - res
        
        WinPage.ico
        
        WinPage.rc2
      - resource.h
      - WinPage.cpp
      - WinPage.dsp
      - WinPage.dsw
      - WinPage.h
      - WinPage.mak
      - WinPage.rc
      - WinPageDlg.cpp
      - WinPageDlg.h
    - XML
      - Debug
        
        test2.xml
      - dump_element.cpp
      - dump_tags.cpp
      - get_bytes.cpp
      - main.cpp
      - my_xml.h
      - parse_document.cpp
      - poem.xml
      - test.xml
      - TestSuite.xml
      - XML.DSP
      - XML.dsw
    - XMLCheck
      - check_xml_file.cpp
      - Debug
        
        check.txt
        
        test.xml
        
        TestSuite.xml
        
        TestSuite2.xml
        
        txtfirst.xml
        
        txtlast.xml
      - main.cpp
      - XML
        
        a2.xml
      - XMLCheck.dsp
      - XMLCheck.dsw
      - XMLCheck.h
      - XMLCheck.mak
    - XMLExplorer
      - CMainFrame.cpp
      - CMainFrame.h
      - CXMLExplorerDocument.cpp
      - CXMLExplorerDocument.h
      - CXMLExplorerView.cpp
      - CXMLExplorerView.h
      - MyListView.cpp
      - MyListView.h
      - MyTreeView.cpp
      - MyTreeView.h
      - ReadMe.txt
      - res
        
        bitmap1.bmp
        
        CXMLExplorerDocument.ico
        
        Toolbar.bmp
        
        XMLExplorer.ico
        
        XMLExplorer.rc2
      - resource.h
      - StdAfx.cpp
      - StdAfx.h
      - test.xml
      - XMLExplorer.cpp
      - XMLExplorer.dsp
      - XMLExplorer.dsw
      - XMLExplorer.h
      - XMLExplorer.rc
    - XMLUser
      - add_current_time.cpp
      - add_level.cpp
      - add_machine_name.cpp
      - add_to_xml.cpp
      - enumerate_users.cpp
      - main.cpp
      - parse_document.cpp
      - save_document.cpp
      - users.xml
      - XMLUser.dsp
      - XMLUser.dsw
      - XMLUser.h
  - TEST
    - CQueue_stress_test.cpp
    - dumpexports.cpp
    - Grid
      - Grid.cpp
      - Grid.mak
    - MESSAGES.MC
    - Output.txt
    - Pipe
      - pipe.CPP
      - Pipe.h
      - Pipe.mak
      - Server.CPP
    - REPERR.CPP
    - TCLZFile.CPP
    - TCNet.CPP
    - TCNetCon.CPP
    - TCNetFil.CPP
    - TCNetshs.CPP
    - TCNetUSR.CPP
    - TCNSrc.cpp
    - TCRAS.CPP
    - TCRASPORT.CPP
    - TCREG.CPP
    - TCSess.CPP
    - TCSrvr.CPP
    - TCSvcMgr.CPP
    - TCTape.cpp
    - TEST.CPP
    - TEST.dsp
    - TEST.dsw
    - TEST.H
    - TEST.MAK
    - test_CBase64Coding.cpp
    - test_CBitArray.cpp
    - test_CByteArray.cpp
    - test_CDataParser.cpp
    - test_CDWordArray.cpp
    - test_CFileTransferProtocol.cpp
    - test_CJulianDate.cpp
    - test_CNetwork.CPP
    - test_CPtrArray.cpp
    - test_CQueue.cpp
    - test_CRandomNumberGenerator.cpp
    - test_CReedSolomonErrorCorrectionCode.cpp
    - test_CSerialFile.cpp
    - test_CString.cpp
    - test_CSystemTime.cpp
    - test_CUIntArray.cpp
    - test_CUUCoding.cpp
    - test_CWordArray.cpp
    - test_CXMLDocument.cpp
    - test_XML.cpp
    - TEVNTLOG.CPP
    - TURL.CPP
    - XMLConformanceTest
      - main.cpp
      - XMLConformanceTest.dsp
      - XMLConformanceTest.dsw
      - XMLConformanceTest.h
html.zip
- HTML
  - html.cpp
  - html.dsp
  - html.dsw
  - html.mak

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>WFC - Frequently Asked Questions</TITLE>
<META name="keywords" content="WFC, MFC extension library, FAQ, freeware class library, Win32, questions">
<META name="description" content="This page answers the most common questions about Win32 Foundation Classes.">
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<!-- $Revision: 2 $ -->
<H1><CENTER>Win32 Foundation Classes</CENTER>
<CENTER>(WFC)</CENTER>
<CENTER>Frequently Asked Questions</CENTER></H1>

<H2>Introduction</H2>

This frequently asked questions (FAQ) document is meant
answer the most commonly asked questions about WFC.

<HR>
<H1>1. WFC FAQ Information and Credits</H1>
<H2>1.1 What is WFC?</H2>
WFC started out as a simple little class library that
attempts to represent the Win32 API as a set of C++ classes.
Over time, more non-Win32 related classes have crept in
as I have encountered problems that needed solving.
Also, things that have interested me, (like forward
error correction) wind up being encapsulated in a generic
class and included.

<H2>1.2 Who Wrote WFC?</H2>
I (Sam Blackburn) did mostly. I have had many people
submit bug reports and improvement suggestions. I have
incorporated most of those submissions. I can't take
credit for other people's work so where ever a bug
has been reported and fixed, I include a comment in
the code giving thanks to the programmer that 
found it. I will also surf Internet looking for good
freeware code that I can roll into the library.
When I do, I try to keep the original author's name
in there. I usually wind up rewriting the code to make
it more readable (i.e. so I can understand it).

<H2>1.3 Did Microsoft Steal Your Name?</H2>
Not really. They have a Java product
called Windows Foundations Classes (WFC).

<HR>
<H1>2. A Brief History of WFC</H1>
<H2>2.1 When was WFC Written?</H2>

<HR>
<H1>3. Philosophical Questions</H1>
<H2>3.1 Why is the Source Code so Wordy?</H2>
I tend to think of source code as a medium by
which humans communicate ideas from one to another.

There are a lot of programmers out there that think
source code is primarily something that a compiler
ingests.

The opinion of the programmer producing the code
directly relates to the maintainability (and
reusability) of that code.

If a programmer thinks source code is for compiling,
their code tends to be be full of abbreviations and
short cuts that save a CPU-cycle here and there.
This code is very expensive to reuse.

Humans naturally want to solve any given problem
using the most knowledge they have at that time.
What generally
happens is advanced programmers use advanced
solutions to simple problems whether or not
an &quot;advanced technique&quot; is appropriate.

The environment I work in has aggressive delivery
schedules. If I cannot reuse code from many dissimilar
projects, I will not meet my deadlines.

This means in order for code to be quickly reused, it
must be painfully obvious what that code does (and in
the case of debugging, what that code is <I>supposed</I>
to do).

<H2>3.1 Which is More Important, Reuse or Object Oriented?</H2>
Reuse. I have seen many object oriented (OO) pundits think
reuse is a by-product of an OO system. It is not. Reuse
is easier with OO designs but all to many times the
implementations of those designs are so tied to the original
application that reuse is impossible.

It is very easy for designers to focus on &quot;solving
this problem&quot; when they should be focusing on
&quot;solving problems like this.&quot;

<HR>
<H1>4. Installation Questions</H1>
<H2>4.1 How do I install WFC?</H2>

<HR>
<H1>5. Build Questions</H1>
<H2>5.1 How do I build WFC?</H2>

<H2>5.2 Can I use WFC as a static library?</H2>
Yes, go into the WFC project to the Project-&gt;Settings-&gt;General-&gt;Microsoft Foundtion Classes:
and select Use MFC in a Static Library. Then recompile everything.
Don't forget to change this setting in your project also. If you
compile WFC for MFC in a static library, but your project uses MFC
in a DLL, you will get linker errors for things like <CODE>new</CODE>
being multiply defined.

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Sam Blackburn

United States

I'm just a simple little NT programmer. Most of the work I do is remote controlling equipment in real time. I started out using Windows 3.0. Then came 3.1 and then NT. I started using NT but unfortunately, Microsoft didn't. I started using MFC but unfortunately, Microsoft didn't (and still doesn't) put any real support for NT into MFC so I wrote a bunch of C++ classes to make my life easier. Like all class libraries, mine grew. Now I'm giving it away, I call it Win32 Foundation Classes.

Check out Sam's homepage at www.SamBlackburn.com/wfc/.

The Win32 Foundation Classes (WFC) - Version 45

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