Latest C++ & MFC Articles

Learn how to extend the life of legacy user-mode applications without the need to dismantle and rewrite--in just a few easy steps.

Changes are inevitable in large projects. This article introduces some useful techniques to minimize compilation time during development.

Discover how to start and control a third party GUI application, particularly the Notepad text editor, from your own C++ applications.

During the glory days of MFC and ATL in the 1990s and early 2000s, The Visual C++ class wizard was a highly-used and useful IDE tool that simplified life for developers. The re-introduction of the class wizard, after the absence of a decade, demonstrates commitment to the 'glory day's' ideal and adds simplicity to class management tasks inside the IDE.

This article serves as a brief introduction to the new API allowing users to create animations in MFC applications.

This program presents an original way of the famous Rubik's Cube by an assembly of 27 multi-colored cubies isolated in the space. Even during its deformations, it allows a 3D vision of the cube thanks to the basic MFC graphic functions. This simulation can also rapidly calculate a solution to reordering the Cube.