Overview

Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) has become the golden standard for programming Windows applications. This course will give you a thorough introduction to the most important aspects of programming MFC. Interactive demonstrations will be used to demonstrate the tools which make Visual C++ 5.0 a powerful programming environment. Students will have a chance to reinforce theoretical aspects of MFC and learn effective use of the tools in the extensive labs provided with this class.


Prerequisites

This course assumes a basic knowledge of C++. Windows programming experience is helpful but not required. Note that this class can be combined with a day of introduction to C++. Some topics can be eliminated to maintain the course duration of 5 days.


Course duration

5 Days


Course outline

• Windows architecture
• Intro to MFC
• Core MFC classes
• Document-view architecture
• Commands and messages
• Menus and controls
• Dialogs
• Control bars
• GDI - Graphical Device Interface
• Debugging and diagnostics
• Document-View architecture - part II
• MFC persistence
• Threads
• Database support