Silicon in my Blood

MFC

Basic classes

CObject - macros accompanying this class allow classes derived from CObject to

• get their class' name at run time
• get their class' object size at run time
• create an object of this class without knowing the class' name
• store and retrieve an instance of this class to an archive device without knowings its name

CCmdTarget - classes derived from this can receive and process command messages from the application's menu or toolbar(s)

CWnd - derived from CCmdTarget, and can perform it's functions too
all other MFC fn.s that control a window (creating, maintaining) are derived from CWnd

Application Classes

CWinApp (Application Class) - initializing and running the application

CFrameWnd (Frame Class) - display and route user's commands, display application's main window

CDocument (Document Class) - load and maintain a document

CView (View Class) - provide one or more views into the document

Types of Applications

• Dialog Application - dialog box for UI, no frame, document or view class; derivation of CWinApp and created using CDialog class
• SDI (Single Document Interface) - load and edit one application at a time + use all the four base classes
• MDI ( Multiple Document Interface ) - load and edit several documents at once + use all four base classes + CMDIFrameWnd and CMDIChildWnd ( 2 derivations of CFrameWnd )

Document Template - defines what frame, document and view class to create when the application opens a document
create an object of CSingleDocTemplate / CMultiDocTemplate class and initialize with three class pointers
RUNTIME_CLASS() macro - returns a pointer to a class' CRuntimeClass structure

Threads

CWinThread -> parent of CWinApp (primary thread of execution)

Control Bar Classes (OCW)

• CToolBar, CToolBarCtrl
  
• CStatusBar, CStatusBarCtrl
  
• CDialogBar
  
• CRebar, CRebarCtrl
  

Property Classes

• CPropertySheet (OCW)
• CPropertyPage (OCW/Dialog)

Drawing Classes

• CClientDC
• CWindowDC
• CPaintDC
• CMetaFileDC

File Classes

• CMemFile
• CSharedFile
• CStdioFile

ODBC Classes

• CDatabase(0)
• CRecordset
• CDBVariant

DAO Classes

• CDaoDatabase(0)
• CDaoRecordSet(0)
• COleVariant
• CDaoWorkSpace(0)
• CDaoQueryDef(0)
• CDaoTableDef(0)

Data Collection Classes

• CArray
• CList
• CMap

Communication Classes

posted by v_tel001 @ 2:18 PM