Windows Programming using Visual C++ and MFC

Explore the fundamental structure of a classic windows application using winmain, without using mfc, including creating empty desktop project, and handling messages with a window procedure and a message loop.

Derive a custom MFC application by implementing a CWinApp subclass, overriding InitInstance, and creating and showing a frame window to build an MFC app from scratch.

Learn to build a dialog-based MFC application by creating a project, defining a dialog in an RC file, implementing CMyMessageDlg and CMyMessageApp, and wiring controls with a message map.

Create a dialog-based MFC app with edit controls and a button, read input into member variables, format a hello message, and display it via do data exchange.

Learn to build a dialog-based MFC app that uses a list box to add and remove countries, display the selected item, and handle events with buttons and an edit control.

Create a dialog-based MFC app in Visual Studio to manage a languages combo box: enter a language in the edit box, press add, and display the selection in static text.

Implement a list view control in MFC to display projects in a report view. Initialize the project list control, add four columns, and populate rows with status icons.

Build a single document interface drawing app in MFC, separating data in a document from rendering in a view, enabling circle creation, saving, and reopening documents via serialization.

Master a simple drawing app in a single document interface application using mfc, rendering a line, rectangles and a circle by creating and selecting pens in the ondraw function.

Learn to draw a bitmap in an MFC single-document application by loading an image, creating a memory device context, selecting the bitmap, and rendering with bitblt and stretchblt.

Create a regular DLL with a Visual C++ MFC project, export functions, and generate a lib for external applications. Configure headers, extern C, and precompiled headers for cross-module use.

Learn to use a mymodule.dll from an MFC dialog-based app by linking with mymodule.lib and calling add, subtract, multiply, and divide. Configure header signatures and lib path for linking.