Re: WPF

From:
"Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]" <rbv@nospam.nospam>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc,microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp,microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vc,microsoft.public.in.csharp
Date:
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:47:25 -0600
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Giovanni Dicanio wrote:

"Kid" <Kid@discussions.microsoft.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:28A8BC25-61A2-4B44-A833-BF9E6A543552@microsoft.com...

Is WPF popular now , can VC and MFC write a WPF program ?


WPF is becoming popular, and there are very important ideas behind it
(like using the 3D hardware acceleration, high-composibility of
contents, etc.). However, I think that the tools need to mature, and
there are issues to be fixed (like the blurry text at small font
size).
I think that you can host WPF content in an MFC application (as you
can host WinForm content in an MFC application).


But this should never be the choice for new code. MFC has nothing to offer
a pure WPF application, because the library is married to its own wrapper
around the Win32 GUI.

C++/CLI can be used for WPF, but without XAML support you'll be unhappy
trying to do so.

The recommended practice is to implement the UI (view in M-V-C architecture)
in C# and the data processing (model in M-V-C) in C++.

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