Convert Win32 Console Application to MFC

Pranit Kothari

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10 Dec 2011CPOL

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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.

C++

#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>

Now your application has MFC support, now you can use any MFC Class, Function or Structure.

Happy programming!

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