Re: [Boost-users] Boost thread conflicts with MFC

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost thread conflicts with MFC
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-09 16:56:20

Well, I guess I'm just an amazing guy.

Actually, I'm not all that happy with MFC.  But whenver I consider
something another alternative, I find them lacking.  MFC is a huge
body of code which is (mostly) well documented.  I typically need
and application to support some other project.  Recent examples
have been a GUI interface to and embedded system.  My customers
expect this "tail end" application to be doable in say two weeks or
so. And they want it to "look like" a "standard" windows app including
dockable tool bars, menus, email and web connectivity, support
for things like file drag and drop.  etc.

The only thing I see that can do this besides MFC is Visual Basic.
I haven't looked at C#.  But those have even bigger downsides.

As I said before, I have a lot of complaints about it, but I don't
seen anything available that is nearly as comprehensive for
windows application development.

Robert Ramey

peter_foelsche_at_[hidden] wrote:
> last time I developed a GUI application for windows (in 1998),
> I was using C++ and Win32.

That might explain it.

>
> We tried MFC and it just did not do it.
> I remember sick solutions for sick problems in MFC, like sending
> messages to be called back again later.
>
> I simply wrote some C++ wrappers for win32 calls.
> And I joined these wrappers into base class and member class
> relationships.
> The resulting code was very clear, short and maintainable.
> It contained an activex control container (written in C++) -- not
> using ATL.
>
> I'm amazed that there are still C++ programmers, which don't know
> about how to wrap a fallible Win32 resource into a C++ class and how
> to chain such classes into base and member class relationships.
>
> I'm amazed that there still seem to be C++ programmers,
> which don't know how to abort the construction of an object.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]
> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Robert
> Ramey
> Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 12:17
> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost thread conflicts with MFC
>
> aaaaa .... what do you use instead for development of a C++ windows
> GUI
> program?
>
> Robert Ramey
>
> peter_foelsche_at_[hidden] wrote:
>> It amazes me, that there are still people working with MFC.
>> It does not make much sense to use MFC, after C++ Exception Handling
>> was introduced in 1995.
>> After C++ Exception Handling was introduced one can use constructors
>> to allocate fallible resources.
>
>
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