Re: Seeking a fundamental resource for using Visual C++ 2005 Express

From:

David Wilkinson <no-reply@effisols.com>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Mon, 01 May 2006 06:04:34 -0400

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mark wrote:

I am new to Visual C++, and have some limited skills with Objective C. I have
designed a user interface in Visual C++ as a Form and now want to define
methods and outlets for several of the widgets in the form. I have not been
able to find any meaningful (to me) resources for how to do this easily
within Visual C++.

The tasks include, for example, specifying the action for a button that will
take input from several user-entered textboxes, performing calculations and
returning the results to other textboxes for display. It is essentially a
more complex version of a temperature or money conversion program.

Does Visual C++ have provisions for defining outlets and actions (terms I am
used to) for these types of objects, or must this be done manually in C++? If
manually, do I place the code in .h and .m files I create?

I am not sure this is the right forum for this type of basic question, and
if this is the case, I would appreciate suggestions for the appropriate
resources.

Mark:

First of all, you must be clear on what kind of program you are writing.
There are three common ways to write windows programs using Visual C++:

1. In C (or C++) using the Win32 (or Win64) API
2. In C++ using MFC
3. In C++ using the .NET framework

I believe that (at least as originally configured) Visual C++ 2005
Express only supports writing programs using the .NET framework.

This is an MFC newgroup. A better group would be

microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vc

David Wilkinson