I have a feeling I am going to get chewed out for asking this, but is it possible to use MFC in Bloodshed Dev C++? If so, how do I do it, and what do I need to download/purchase to do this?
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slocombe, I was a Macintosh/embedded systems software engineer from 98-2002. I quit doing that until a month ago when I picked up programming again on Windows. So last I heard VC++ wasn't free, but now that it is I am all over it.
I downloaded it and converted my project over. It was a real fight to get my code to compile on it, but in the end I ended up on top, won the battle and got the hang of it. :)
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Anonymous
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2007-11-06
MFC are a very specialized M$ C++ librarys. The old way to dress the Windows API with ++ cloths. Perhaps, having the appropriates librarys some one would make work then with minGW (those that crack the iPhone and do thing like that), but for the real life you need the MS VC++ compiler that by the way now is free. So you need jump completely to the water (in my opinion).
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Anonymous
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2007-11-06
>> VC++ Free? I gotta check that out!
Where have you been for two years!?
However the free "VC++ 2005 Express Edition" does not include MFC. It does have the .NET library and Windows Forms (which is frankly much better). This necessitates the use of C++/CLI.
If you want a native class library similar to MFC you might consider wxWidgets. There is a Dev-C++ derivative called wxDev-C++ that includes wxWidgets and has an integrated 'visual' GUI designer. Also it has support for VC++ so you can use the free VC++ compiler oe MinGW and wxWidgets and a the visual designer with native ISO C++ rather than C++/CLI and CLR code.
Clifford
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I have a feeling I am going to get chewed out for asking this, but is it possible to use MFC in Bloodshed Dev C++? If so, how do I do it, and what do I need to download/purchase to do this?
slocombe, I was a Macintosh/embedded systems software engineer from 98-2002. I quit doing that until a month ago when I picked up programming again on Windows. So last I heard VC++ wasn't free, but now that it is I am all over it.
I downloaded it and converted my project over. It was a real fight to get my code to compile on it, but in the end I ended up on top, won the battle and got the hang of it. :)
MFC are a very specialized M$ C++ librarys. The old way to dress the Windows API with ++ cloths. Perhaps, having the appropriates librarys some one would make work then with minGW (those that crack the iPhone and do thing like that), but for the real life you need the MS VC++ compiler that by the way now is free. So you need jump completely to the water (in my opinion).
VC++ Free? I gotta check that out!
>> VC++ Free? I gotta check that out!
Where have you been for two years!?
However the free "VC++ 2005 Express Edition" does not include MFC. It does have the .NET library and Windows Forms (which is frankly much better). This necessitates the use of C++/CLI.
If you want a native class library similar to MFC you might consider wxWidgets. There is a Dev-C++ derivative called wxDev-C++ that includes wxWidgets and has an integrated 'visual' GUI designer. Also it has support for VC++ so you can use the free VC++ compiler oe MinGW and wxWidgets and a the visual designer with native ISO C++ rather than C++/CLI and CLR code.
Clifford