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

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost thread conflicts with MFC
From: Emil Dotchevski (emildotchevski_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-09 16:09:53

On a couple of occasions I've seen teams abandon MFC for WTL, though
the lack of documentation and the fact that it's not officially
supported by Microsoft is a problem.

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Robert Ramey <ramey_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 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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Emil Dotchevski
Reverge Studios, Inc.
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