MFC Version 3.1 White Paper (122711)

SUMMARY

Get your own personal copy of the "Microsoft Foundation Classes 3.1 White Paper." This document gives a technical discussion of the major features of MFC version 3.1 and gives developers a set of reusable, prebuilt C++ components that provide a completely portable interface for applications for the Microsoft Windows and Windows NT operating systems as well as the Macintosh platform. It also includes information about previous versions of MFC.

These MFC prebuilt C++ components encapsulate the common Windows-based functions that people have come to expect in any Windows-based application, such as:

Toolbars and status bars
Form and edit views
Print and print preview
OLE Visual Editing and OLE Automation
Multiple-document interface (MDI)
Splitter and scroller windows
Dialog data exchange and validation
Dialog boxes
Database access
Context-sensitive help

By using MFC's pre-built components, programmers can quickly create professional applications for Windows that contain pre-constructed application behavior. By using the MFC library, programmers save a considerable amount of development time.

MORE INFORMATION

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Mfc31wp.exe

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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