Fundamentals of C++

Fundamentals of
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About this Course

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This course is intended for serious computer hobbyists, IT students, and IT professionals. You need Windows and Visual C++ installed.

The free online textbook for this course is Visual C++ 6 Unleashed . Read the Introduction to the book.

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Lesson 3. MFC Message Handling Mechanism

Windows programs are based on an event-driven programming model. This means that most of the things your application will do are done in response to various Windows messages. If you have done any Windows programming, you already know this.

In this lesson, you will learn about

Standard Windows commands handled by the MFC
How MFC dispatches messages to your application
Using ClassWizard to handle messages
Implementing your own message maps

Reading Assignments

Read the following sections from your free online textbook:

Message Categories; Message Handling in MFC; Message Dispatching; Message Handling with ClassWizard; Creating Your Own Message Maps; A Common Problem with MFC Message Maps

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