Re: ATL EXE project and MFC (VS 2003)

From:

"Alexander Nickolov" <agnickolov@mvps.org>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.atl

Date:

Mon, 8 May 2006 12:45:08 -0700

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You are supposed to start an MFC project and add ATL
support to it.

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"Pix" <pix@pix-no-spam-please.com> wrote in message
news:ug4u52pahhcjqqbidjk14hhcpvcc9vrhb7@4ax.com...

I have just found out that MFC is not supported in ATL EXE projects in
VS 2003. I have found a workaround that uses "#undef _AFX" trick and a
bare project seems to compile fine. Now since the project is going to
grow significantly over time, I was wondering whether I might expect
problems as I go along? The "#ifdef _AFX" in atlbase.h was probably
put there for a reason. A few people seem to suggest the above
workaround but I couldn't find much more information other than a
sheer suggestion.

An alternative is to use MFC in an in-proc DLL and use that one inside
ATL EXE project, but I'd prefer the original approach if there are no
serious consequences.

Any past experiences with this?

Pix