Microsoft Visual C++ and MFC

Description

This course introduces the programmer to Microsoft Visual C++. It describes how Visual C++ is used to create Microsoft Windows programs. The five day class combines lecture with hands-on exercises. The class assumes that students are C++ programmers who have used Windows applications.

Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Write a Microsoft Windows program using Microsoft Visual C++
• Understand the different parts of the Visual C++ workbench including the App Studio, the Class Wizard and the Trace Window
• Write member functions that respond to Microsoft Windows events

Instructor

The instructor is Kenneth Pugh, a recognized C and C++ language expert. Mr. Pugh has many years of experience in programming a variety of languages and operating systems. He is author of several books, including C Language for Programmers and All on C. He was a columnist for the C User's Journal and the C++ Journal. He has been on the faculty of the University of Hawaii and Wellesley College.

Outline

• Introduction
  • Features of Microsoft Visual C++
  • Creating an sample Microsoft Windows program
  • Creating a program using App Wizard
  • The Application Framework
  • Microsoft Foundation Classes
• The Tools
  • Visual Workbench
  • App Studio
  • App Wizard
  • Class Wizard
• Window classes
  • CApp - the application
  • CFrameWnd - the window
  • CView - the view
  • CDoc - the document
  • CDocTemplate - connection between CDoc, CView, and CFrameWnd
  • Class Wizard Operations
• Messages
  • The Message Table
  • Class Wizard operations
• Resources
  • App Studio operations
  • Menus
  • Dialog Boxes
  • Icons
  • Bit maps
  • String table
  • Accelerator keys
  • Resource properties
• Controls and Variables
  • Dialog Data Exchange
  • Dialog Data Validation
  • Class Wizard operations
• Other operations
  • Printing
  • Help
  • Files and serialization
  • OLE support
• General purpose classes
  • Time and date - CTime, CDate
  • Strings - CString
  • File - CFile
• Debugging, Diagnostics, and Errors
  • Tracing - TRACE
  • Assertions
  • Memory leaks
  • Exceptions