Welcome to my Windows Programming Site
On here you'll find some information about how I write Windows
Applications (WinApps) in C++ using the Microsoft Foundation Class
(MFC). I decided to put up this site because it took me a lot time and
effort in order just to get to a stage where I was happy with the
way in which I was producing programs, and looking around the
internet I couldn't actually find any other sites giving details of
similar techniques.
This is because WinApps are big complicated things, and to make one is
more than just a case of writing a bit of code. How you go about doing
it varies enormously on the languange, tools and methodology that you
use.
This stuff here now is fairly complete as it stands, but not eactly
polished, so if it interests you then come back occasionally and it
should improve.
If you've got any comments, queries or suggestions about this site,
then please e-mail john at:
j c 2 3 3 3 AT h o t m a i l . c o m
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'@'.
What you'll find on this site
- How WinApps are Written
An
introduction to the various ways of writing WinApps and a comparison of
their relative merits, including "Why I don't like AppWizard".
- The Fifth Way
An outline of the way in
which I (and also it turns out, many others too) now write my programs,
including why I think this is the best way to do it.
- A WinApp HowTo
A more detailed
description of how to write a WinApp including basic template which
reproduces (sort of) the functionality of the App you get when you
first start up AppWizard.
- The JCPlot Homepage
21/5/99: JCPlot
Beta 0.1 is now out!!! JCPLot is an example of a program written
using the technique described in the previous section. This is a fairly
simple graph plotting in which I, in a very MS-esque manner, try and
load in as many features as possible, for no good reason other than to
show that I can do it.
This page was first opened 12 March 1999.
Last update was on 21 May 1999.
Contact john, the site maintainer at:
j c 2 3 3 3 AT h o t m a i l . c o m
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