Developing Professional Applications in Windows 95 and NT sing MFC

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1 m^ Developing Professional Applications in Windows 95 and NT sing MFC Marshall Brain Lance Lovette To join a Prentice Hall PTR internet mailing list, point to Prentice Hall PTR Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

2 Preface Version Free xiii Audience xiv Organization xiv The CD-ROM and the On-line Index xv Contacting the Authors: Questions, Comments, and Version Changes xv Acknowledgments xvi xiii Getting Your Bearings 1 What is Visual C++? 2 Available Documentation 3 7. Road Map 4 Common Questions 5 Part 1 Visual C++and MFC Basics, 11 1 Introduction What is the Microsoft Foundation Class Library? Windows Vocabulary Event-driven Sofiware and Vocabulary An Example Conclusion 20 2 Understanding an MFC Program An Introduction to MFC Designing a Program Understanding the Code for "Hello World" Completing the Program MFC Application Structure Conclusion 32 3 Customizing Controls The Basics CStatic Styles CStatic Text Appearance 37

3 3.4 Rectangular Display Modes for CStatic Fonts Conclusion 48 4 Handling Events Understanding Message Maps The CButton Class Creating a Message Map Sizing Messages Window Messages Scroll Bar Controls Understanding Message Maps Conclusion 64 5 Simple Applications Designing an Application Implementing the Fahrenheit to Celsius Converter The CEdit Control An Interest Calculator Conclusion 81 Part 2 Visual C+ + and MFC Details 83 6 Resources, Dialogs, and Menus Resources and Resource Files The Icon Resource Creating a Resource File Menus Responding to Menus Dialog Resources String Resources Conclusion Canned Dialogs The Message Box Dialog The File Open/Save Dialog The Font Dialog The Color Dialog The Print Dialog The Find/Replace Dialog 127

4 77 Conclusion Edit Controls and Editors Using the CEdit Control in Single-Line Mode Using the CEdit Control in Multi-Line Mode Designing a Simple Text Editor Creating the Editor Application Stubbing in the Menu Handlers Implementing the Editor Conclusion Lists Creating a List Box Alternate Display Formats Getting User Selections Manipulating Items in a List Combo Boxes Conclusion The CWinApp class Member Variables Icons and Cursors Handling Idle Time Application Functionality Initialization Features Miscellaneous Features Conclusion Drawing Introduction to the GDI Library GDI Basics Device Contexts Simple Drawing Using the Mouse with Your Drawings Advanced Drawing Concepts Conclusion Utility Classes Utility Classes Simple Array Classes The CObject class and CObject Arrays List Classes 291

5 12.5 Mapping Classes Conclusion Debugging and Robustness Setting Up Assertions Tracing Dumping Memory State Exceptions Other Debugging Features Conclusion 321 Part 3 Using; the Visual C+ + Wizards and Tools to Create Applications Understanding the AppWizard and ClassWizard The Goal of the App Wizard Creating a Simple Framework with the AppWizard The AppWizard's Document-Centric Approach Understanding the AppWizard's Files Understanding the ClassWizard Conclusion Creating a Drawing Program The Goal of the Application Creating a Drawing Program Understanding the Drawing Program Creating an MDI Application Scrolling Splitter Windows Adding New Menu Options and Dialogs Printing Conclusion Creating an Editor with CEditView Creating an MDI Text Editor Understanding the Editor Combining Two Documents and Views in a Single

6 Application Fixing a Subtle Problem Handling Multiple Views on One Document Conclusion Creating a Fahrenheit-to-Celsius Converter Creating the Converter Understanding the Program Using DDX Using the Document Class Using Form Views Conclusion Creating an Address List Application Creating the Application Understanding the Address List Program Understanding DDX and DDV Improving the Application Printing Conclusion Context-Sensitive Help Understanding the App Wizards Help Framework Understanding and Modifying the Help Files Context-Sensitive Help Aliases Conclusion Common Controls A Simple Example Using the Spin Button, List, and Tree Controls CSpinButtonCtrl CListCtrl CTreeCtrl Property Sheets A Property Sheet Example The CPropertySheet Class Conclusion 473

7 21 Creating Explorers Creating the basic framework Conclusion 480 Part 4 Advanced Features Dialog Data Exchange and Validation Understanding DDX Exchange Routines Transfer Direction Understanding DDV An Example Custom Routines Conclusion Understanding MFC What Are Window Handles? The Life of Windows and Objects Initializing Dialogs From HWND to CWnd Permanent and Temporary Associations Handles to Other Objects How Messages Work Subclassing Conclusion Enhancing The Edit Control An Example Understanding the Process Conclusion Self-Managing Controls Owner-Drawing vs. Self-Drawing Owner-Drawn Messages The Self Drawing Framework Behind the Scenes A General Solution 511

8 25.6 A Self-Drawing Combo Box Drawing Transparent Bitmaps Subclassing the Combo Box Conclusion Another Look 523 A Self-Drawing List Box 26.1 Introduction to Font Enumeration Enumerating Font Families Enumerating Font Styles An Example Conclusion 532 / Creating A Splash Screen An Example Conclusion Expanding Dialogs The CExpandingDialog Class An Example Conclusion Drawing and Controls Drawing in CStatic Controls Drawing in Dialogs Dialog Controls and the Background Conclusion Dialog Bars An Example Data Exchange Conclusion Dialog and View Idle Command Updating How Idle Updates Work Idle Updating in Views An Example Idle Updating in Dialogs An Example Conclusion 566

9 32 Odds and Ends Accepting Files from the File Manager Making an Application the Topmost Window Starting an Application Minimized Modeless Dialog Boxes Mini-Frame Windows Context Popup Menus Modifying the System Menu Conclusion 576 Part 5 Advanced MFC Classes Database Access Understanding Relational Databases Understanding SQL Understanding ODBC Microsoft Query The CRecordSet Class Simple CRecordSet Operations Using the CRecordView Class Adding and Deleting Records Conclusion OLE Understanding OLE An Example OLE as a Vision of the Future Standard OLE Features An Introduction to OLE Containers An Lntroduction to OLE Servers An Introduction to OLE Automation An Introduction to OLE Controls Conclusion MFC Threads Understanding the Possibilities Understanding Threads MFC Worker Threads Thread Termination 657

10 35.5 Passing Parameters to Threads Suspending and Resuming Threads Thread Priorities Subclassing CWin Thread User Interface Threads Conclusion 677 A В Understanding C++: An Accelerated Introduction 679 Using the Visual C++ Compiler and Tools 739 B. 1 Compiling and Executing a Console Program with Visual C B.2 Debugging 744 B.3 Compiling MFC Programs 747 B. 4 The Browser 752 B.5 Resources and resource files 756 B.6 AppWizard Files 761 B.7 Using the ClassWizard 769 B.8 OLE Controls 775 B.9 Conclusion 781 С Contacting the Authors 783 D Using OpenGL with MFC 785 D.l Writing an OpenGL Program 785 D.2 Simple 2-D Graphics 791 D.3 Transformations and the Matrix Stack 793 D.4 Mouse Action 796 D.5 Double Buffering 797 D.6 A Three Dimensional Cube 798 D.7 Z-Buffering 801 D. 8 Conclusion 802 Index 803