MFC Upgrade

I just watched an awesome video describing the new features they've added to MFC.

The timing of this upgrade is very good, it's exactly what my company is looking for to bring the look-and-feel of our software "out of the 90's" (to quote Pat Brenner).


Pat Brenner: New Updates to MFC in Visual Studio 2008


Key features that I need to investigate further:

• Smart Docking (like in Visual Studio)


• Ribbon bar


• Tabbed MDI (tabs can be colored)


• Status bar update

For more details, check out Pat Brenner's Quick Tour Of New MFC Functionality.

How to Videos for Visual C++

Here's a collection of links to sites with lots of "How to" code in Visual Studio videos:

"How Do I?" Videos for Native Coding have lots of content for MFC and Visual C++, here's a list of my favorites (or at least the ones I would like to watch!):

• How Do I: Implement Undo and Redo in MFC?
• How Do I: Use the Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack?
• How Do I: Implement CScrollView in an Application?
• How Do I: Create Context-Sensitive Menus in MFC?
• How Do I: Create my Own Custom Exception Classes?
• How Do I: Use the CtrlView Classes in MFC?
• How Do I: Eliminate "Flicker" when Drawing in a Window?
• How Do I: Learn Techniques to Decrease Buffer Overruns in Visual C++?
• How Do I: Use Active Template Library Support in Visual C++?
• How Do I: Use MFC Control Classes to Customize Control Behavior?
• How Do I: Improve My Debugging Productivity with Visual C++ Visualizers?
• How Do I: Create and Analyze a Mini-Dump File in Windows?