Adding WTL support to existing app
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Hi all, I have an application written in C++ using win32, it creates a few windows, has a menu etc. Nothing fancy. But it's becomming a major pain to add new windows, fancy controls and whatnot so I thought about using WTL instead of the raw API's. Is that feasible? The app works fine right now so I would like to create the new windows using WTL, the existing may be converted in the future. .Henrik --- Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
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Hi all, I have an application written in C++ using win32, it creates a few windows, has a menu etc. Nothing fancy. But it's becomming a major pain to add new windows, fancy controls and whatnot so I thought about using WTL instead of the raw API's. Is that feasible? The app works fine right now so I would like to create the new windows using WTL, the existing may be converted in the future. .Henrik --- Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
Yep, it's pretty easy.
- Remove your include of windows.h; instead, include atlbase.h, atlapp.h, then whatever other ATL/WTL headers you need.
- Right after the atlapp.h include, add
extern CAppModule _Module; - In one of your CPP files, declare the global
CAppModule _Module; - At the beginning of
WinMain(), call_Module.Init(NULL, hInstance);(where hInstance is the 1st param toWinMain()).
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Yep, it's pretty easy.
- Remove your include of windows.h; instead, include atlbase.h, atlapp.h, then whatever other ATL/WTL headers you need.
- Right after the atlapp.h include, add
extern CAppModule _Module; - In one of your CPP files, declare the global
CAppModule _Module; - At the beginning of
WinMain(), call_Module.Init(NULL, hInstance);(where hInstance is the 1st param toWinMain()).
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Great, I'll give it a try. Thanks for the info. --- Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.