This class and its members cannot be used in applications that execute in the Windows Runtime.
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I keep seeing this "note" as I browse through the MSDN for Visual C++ 2012 (i.e. MFC classes, ATL, etc...) What exactly does this imply for a Native Code programmer? (The more I read about the WinRT, the more confused I get) Will a traditional MFC application just work in Windows 8?
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I keep seeing this "note" as I browse through the MSDN for Visual C++ 2012 (i.e. MFC classes, ATL, etc...) What exactly does this imply for a Native Code programmer? (The more I read about the WinRT, the more confused I get) Will a traditional MFC application just work in Windows 8?
bob16972 wrote:
What exactly does this imply for a Native Code programmer?
Nothing really... it's not like the WinAPI is going away.
bob16972 wrote:
Will a traditional MFC application just work in Windows 8?
They should, accessing desktop applications is not going away. There was an article about this not too long ago stating the intent for Visual Studio to keep supporting desktop application development, which means it will keep getting supported in Windows.
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bob16972 wrote:
What exactly does this imply for a Native Code programmer?
Nothing really... it's not like the WinAPI is going away.
bob16972 wrote:
Will a traditional MFC application just work in Windows 8?
They should, accessing desktop applications is not going away. There was an article about this not too long ago stating the intent for Visual Studio to keep supporting desktop application development, which means it will keep getting supported in Windows.
Albert Holguin wrote:
There was an article about this not too long ago stating the intent for Visual Studio to keep supporting desktop application development, which means it will keep getting supported in Windows
I had seen something about that but it almost sounded like it was discussing running it on and targeting some previous versions of Windows. That apparently confused me enough to cause some concern. thanks for reponding.
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Albert Holguin wrote:
There was an article about this not too long ago stating the intent for Visual Studio to keep supporting desktop application development, which means it will keep getting supported in Windows
I had seen something about that but it almost sounded like it was discussing running it on and targeting some previous versions of Windows. That apparently confused me enough to cause some concern. thanks for reponding.
Sure, no problem. I've kept an eye out for this as well since I work on desktop applications. I doubt they'll completely get rid of the traditional desktop support any time soon, if so, I'm sure Linux will have a ton of users flocking in their direction. The market for traditional desktop applications is still large for the engineering/scientific community.