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Is Visual Basic C++ with MFC?

MENTAL · 2000-05-14T10:39:23

A thought barged it''s way into my head the other day and I think you might know what it is - Visual Basic has (almost) the same structure as MFC applications. The MDI windows are identical, and the MFC SDI being banished. The dialogue controls look similar. Hell, the form it''s self has roughly the same properties as MFC. And then we come on to the common dialogue controls 1, 2, and 3. Rebar - CRebar? Treeview - CTreeView? Fileview? Does this sound familiar? There''s even the bloody calender controls in VB and MFC! I personally think that this is all a conspirisy by Microsoft to make the transistion from VB to MFC easier. Shame it didn''t work though. Something sort-of related. VB code could easily be turned into C++ code and then into assembler, thus eliminating the myth that VB is an interpreted language. The "OnKeyPress" events and similar could be used to form the basis of the message map in MFC (and Win32 C++). Now my next point: DirectX. DirectX has been ported to VB. Well, it''s been official ported to VB. VB has always been able to access a some-what cut down version of DirectX just by including the appropriate library files. But now it''s been fully included. And guess what - it''s almost identical to the c++ version!! Another thing I like about VB is the Public Delcare keywords, which give you access to the Win32 API, and surprise, surprise, they have the same function calls as those in c++! All the compiler has to do is insert a little referance to "windows.h" or something similar and there you go. So much for Micro$oft spending countless months porting over and wrapping up the Win32 SDK. I wont even bother going into detail about those magical functions that use the CDC and HWND classes - I''ll let you look up that one for yourself. MENTAL PS: this is just my thoughts - not fact (I think)!!

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Started by MENTAL May 12, 2000 02:35 PM

11 comments, last by MENTAL 23 years, 12 months ago

MENTAL

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May 14, 2000 10:21 AM

by the sea side 7 miles from canturbury and it''s not whitstable (and if you cant guess from that then give up now

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MENTAL

TimSmith

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May 14, 2000 10:32 AM

Windows NT is programmed mostly in C/C++. I would imaging that most of Windows 95/98 is the same way once you get out of the kernel.

Tim

Anonymous

May 14, 2000 10:39 AM

I am from Southfleet.
I will have to look up on the map to guess where you are from.
Anyway, I have MS Visual Studio (student edition). I am going to start programming it after exams.
My email:
kajol38@hotmail.com
see ya

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