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MFC and Win32


System:   any Category:   graphics Last Modified:   12/09/98
OS version:   NT 4.0 Product:   OpenGL Service Pack:  
Description

What are MFC and Win32?

Problem Resolution

MFC is a C++ library that is layered on the Win32 API. It provides similar functionality to Viewkit and Motif, but has a completely different API. Often, programmers will implement code in MFC, then occasionally drop down into the Win32 layer to handle special cases. This would be analogous to using Xlib or Xt directly. In addition to this functionality, MFC provides operating system and threading support.

More information on MFC can be found by searching Microsoft's Knowledge Base:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/c.asp?FR=0


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