What is the base class of any MFC class?
CObject
CObject is the base class of most of the MFC classes. It has built is support for
- Runtime object name identification
- Serialization support
- Debugging of object's member/state
CObject member functions
- CObject::AssertValid Validates this object's integrity.
- CObject::Dump Produces a diagnostic dump of this object.
- CObject::GetRuntimeClass Returns the CRuntimeClass structure corresponding to this object's class.
- CObject::IsKindOf Tests this object's relationship to a given class.
- CObject::IsSerializable Tests to see whether this object can be serialized.
- CObject::Serialize Loads or stores an object from/to an archive.
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Define a custom Window class structure, Register the class name, CreateWindow, Show windows and write message get and dispatch loop statements. Define the Window CallBack procedure and write the handlers.
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What are LPARAM and WPARAM in window proc function?
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What are the basic steps of a typical MFC based application?
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