MFC Approach

Once you’ve completed your initial application design, you’ll typically perform the following tasks to develop the application with the development environment and the Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC):

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  Use AppWizard to create a set of C++ starter files and associated Windows resources — a starter application that you can build and run immediately.
  
  



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  Use the resource editors to construct the objects that make up the user interface, such as menus and dialog boxes.
  
  



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  Use elements of the development environment to generate and edit application-specific code:
  
  
  
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    The text editor
    
    
  
  
  
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    ClassView
    
    
  
  
  
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    ClassWizard
    
    
  
  
  
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    WizardBar
  
  
  
  
  
  



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  Build, browse, test, and debug your project files — then add more code.

The steps tend to be iterative: You’ll go back and forth between editing the user interface and writing code all through the development process. You can also do the steps in a different order, depending on your working style.