Windows Programming Concepts
Ivor Horton · 2010
This chapter talks about the basic ideas that are involved in every Windows program in C++. Simple example that uses the Windows operating system Application Programming Interface (API) directly. This will enable user to understand how a Windows application works behinds the scenes, which will be useful to user when developing a applications using the more sophisticated facilities provided by Visual C++ 2010. The author creates a basic program using Windows Forms that will execute with the Common Language Runtime (CLR). The chapter shows three different ways of creating an elementary Windows application with Visual C++ 2010. It explores in more depth how to develop applications using the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) and using Windows Forms.