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I hate MFC!!!

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  • N Nemanja Trifunovic

    It took me one day to develop the "logic" with STL, and now I'm working on damn UI for almost a week. Why there is no good RAD tool for C++? No wonder there are so many VB users. Die, MFC, die!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :beer:

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    Navin
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    Let's see, you hate MFC, and you hate Linux... what *do* you like? :-D You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.

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      Let's see, you hate MFC, and you hate Linux... what *do* you like? :-D You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.

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      Nemanja Trifunovic
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      Navin wrote: Let's see, you hate MFC, and you hate Linux... what *do* you like? From my CP profile: Enjoyes: C++ coding, reading, movies, sleeping, but most of all the company of his wife and baby daughter. Dislikes: GUI programming, writing documentation, garbage collectors, Open Source zealots. ;) :beer:

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      • N Nemanja Trifunovic

        Stuart van Weele wrote: What exactly is the problem? The problem is that if I want to paint an edit control background at compile time, I should right-click on that control and pick the color from a palette - not to mess with WM_CTLCOLOREDIT. Simple things should be done simply. Stuart van Weele wrote: Granted, the tools are not real CASE tools and the GUIs they create a not flashy, but they get the job done. In a week. Real tools should get the same job done in a day. :beer:

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        Stuart van Weele
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        There might be a way out (well kind of...) AFAIK the MFC edit control is just a plain MS edit box that is part of the underlying OS GUI, while the VB control is a COM object that is built into the VB dll. If you can find a COM edit control that does everything you want and is redistributable then you can use it.

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        • R Richard Melton

          >Why there is no good RAD tool for C++? For C++ or MFC? ?confused? I like MFC for Windows apps. Its a lightweight wrapper around a messy API. MFC for COM and COM's apostles is something I avoid like the plague, that's what ATL is for. I have serious trouble digesting the fact that you got 'STLs' logic in one day. Writing custom containers and iterators can be tough work, but having it all plug together is nice.

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          pankajdaga
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          I like MFC for Windows apps. Its a lightweight wrapper around a messy API. MFC for COM and COM's apostles is something I avoid like the plague, that's what ATL is for. One thing that MFC is not, is lightweight. It is ok, if you do not want bulky, over-weight slow programs. Pankaj Without struggle, there is no progress

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          • N Nemanja Trifunovic

            It took me one day to develop the "logic" with STL, and now I'm working on damn UI for almost a week. Why there is no good RAD tool for C++? No wonder there are so many VB users. Die, MFC, die!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :beer:

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            Carlos Antollini
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            I love MFC :bob: Carlos Antollini. Pi Five[^]Creator Sonork ID 100.10529 cantollini

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            • K Kant

              Nemanja Trifunovic wrote: It took me one day to develop the "logic" with STL Sorry..wrong forum...Only these posts allowed : Dubya, Iraq, Oil.... Just Kidding..;P Kant Sonork-100.28114 Don't :beer: and Drive.

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              Lost User
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              How about a post with GWB using STL to write software to work out how much oil there is in Iraq ;P Elaine The tigress is here :-D

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                Nemanja Trifunovic wrote: It took me one day to develop the "logic" with STL Sorry..wrong forum...Only these posts allowed : Dubya, Iraq, Oil.... Just Kidding..;P Kant Sonork-100.28114 Don't :beer: and Drive.

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                Robert Vista
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                No, you seem to be the only one obsessed with George Bush.:confused:

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                • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                  It took me one day to develop the "logic" with STL, and now I'm working on damn UI for almost a week. Why there is no good RAD tool for C++? No wonder there are so many VB users. Die, MFC, die!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :beer:

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                  Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                  Try WTL or another framework then...;) Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk

                  "Be yourself - not what others think you should be"
                  - Marcia Graesch

                  Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++

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                    I like MFC for Windows apps. Its a lightweight wrapper around a messy API. MFC for COM and COM's apostles is something I avoid like the plague, that's what ATL is for. One thing that MFC is not, is lightweight. It is ok, if you do not want bulky, over-weight slow programs. Pankaj Without struggle, there is no progress

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                    Richard Melton
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                    Ney, Ney... MFC with COM, OLE DB, and OLE is a fat ugly cow. MFC as a simple way to write windows apps is lightweight.

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                    • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                      Navin wrote: Let's see, you hate MFC, and you hate Linux... what *do* you like? From my CP profile: Enjoyes: C++ coding, reading, movies, sleeping, but most of all the company of his wife and baby daughter. Dislikes: GUI programming, writing documentation, garbage collectors, Open Source zealots. ;) :beer:

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                      Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                      Nemanja Trifunovic wrote: Dislikes: GUI programming, writing documentation, garbage collectors, Open Source zealots. Problem solved! Find someone else to do the GUI. ;) Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk

                      "Be yourself - not what others think you should be"
                      - Marcia Graesch

                      Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++

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                      • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

                        Try WTL or another framework then...;) Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk

                        "Be yourself - not what others think you should be"
                        - Marcia Graesch

                        Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++

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                        Nemanja Trifunovic
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                        Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: Try WTL or another framework then I doubt WTL is easier at all. Besides, It's not me who decides :(( :beer:

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                          Shog9 wrote: lots&lots&lots&lots&lots&lots&lots&lots&lots of people use it Funny, I've used the same argument to defend VB, but it just doesn't work too well... :)


                          All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. -- Mark Twain

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                          Jeremy Falcon
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                          :laugh: Jeremy Falcon Imputek

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                            Yeah, MFC sucks. It'll kick you right in the nuts if you take your eyes off it for a second. It'll stab you in the back if you turn away. But it must have some advantage, 'cause lots&lots&lots&lots&lots&lots&lots&lots&lots of people use it, so who are you to argue? :rolleyes:

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                            Shog9 I see the way the salesmen stare into the sun I stood and watched them as they fell off one by one...

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                            Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                            Shog9 wrote: But it must have some advantage, 'cause lots&lots&lots&lots&lots&lots&lots&lots&lots of people use it, so who are you to argue? How many other Microsoft mainstream toolkits are there? :) (No, WTL doesn't count as mainstream - it's not even supported by Microsoft!) One could use for instance Borland C++ Builder as an alternative, but I think Microsofts development tools and MSDN is overall better than Borland. I think that's the only reason MFC is so big - there is nothing to compete with it! I think they should scrap MFC and make a toolkit similar to WTL instead. But that would be a waste of lot of work and effort put into MFC, so I guess we'll have to stick with it for quite a while! -- Eventhough the forrest is full of trees, there's still no tree between the trees.

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                            • R Richard Melton

                              Pheeewwww ....I was feeling like a tard... about to shirk off in my corner.

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                              Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                              Actually, STL isn't that hard to learn at all! Generic Programming and the STL: Using and Extending the C++ Standard Template Library [^] gave me enough Ohs, Ahs and Ahas to get me going. You just need to understand some basic concepts which are, contrary to manys belief, very simple. 1 day is perhaps a bit short, but a week is enough to learn how to extend the STL. A couple of months perhaps to master it. -- Eventhough the forrest is full of trees, there's still no tree between the trees.

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                              • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                                Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: Try WTL or another framework then I doubt WTL is easier at all. Besides, It's not me who decides :(( :beer:

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                                Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                                I find it easier actually. But maybe that's just me. :) Nemanja Trifunovic wrote: Besides, It's not me who decides Hey, know what? I get to be part of these decisions. :rolleyes::-D -- Eventhough the forrest is full of trees, there's still no tree between the trees.

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                                • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                                  Navin wrote: Let's see, you hate MFC, and you hate Linux... what *do* you like? From my CP profile: Enjoyes: C++ coding, reading, movies, sleeping, but most of all the company of his wife and baby daughter. Dislikes: GUI programming, writing documentation, garbage collectors, Open Source zealots. ;) :beer:

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                                  Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                                  Nemanja Trifunovic wrote: C++ coding movies sleeping GUI programming writing documentation garbage collectors Open Source zealots Amen! May I assume that you also dislike Java? Can I be your friend? :-D -- Eventhough the forrest is full of trees, there's still no tree between the trees.

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                                    I still want some of that smoke though. ;P -- Eventhough the forrest is full of trees, there's still no tree between the trees.

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                                    KaRl
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                                    Is it legal in Sweden? :omg:


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                                    • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                                      It took me one day to develop the "logic" with STL, and now I'm working on damn UI for almost a week. Why there is no good RAD tool for C++? No wonder there are so many VB users. Die, MFC, die!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :beer:

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                                      KaRl
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                                      Your problem is not MFC. You hate GUI programming too I Love GUI programming. I like++ MFC


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                                      • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                                        Stuart van Weele wrote: What exactly is the problem? The problem is that if I want to paint an edit control background at compile time, I should right-click on that control and pick the color from a palette - not to mess with WM_CTLCOLOREDIT. Simple things should be done simply. Stuart van Weele wrote: Granted, the tools are not real CASE tools and the GUIs they create a not flashy, but they get the job done. In a week. Real tools should get the same job done in a day. :beer:

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                                        DominicG
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                                        Personally I think MFC is fantastic......and if you dont like it then why dont you just use VB???

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                                          Your problem is not MFC. You hate GUI programming too I Love GUI programming. I like++ MFC


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                                          Nemanja Trifunovic
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                                          KaЯl wrote: Your problem is not MFC. You hate GUI programming too I don't like GUI programming, and that's exactly why I need something to help me finish it quickly. Therefore, MFC is a part of the problem. :beer:

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