Walking through an application with visual C++

Abstract

This paper is a brief tutorial for the development process for the most common windows application type using Microsoft's Visual C++ development environment for Windows '95. It is intended as a lead-in to a demonstration and walkthrough of an application. There are many excellent books on the subject, among them David Kruglinkski's Inside Visual C++ (versions 1-4 corresponding to VC++ versions). VC++ writes the skeleton of a C++ windows application; the developer must then fill in the details to achieve the desired behaviour. The application developed here is significantly less than even a simple application and more than a typical Hello World! application. Its purpose is to show how to navigate through the common features of the Microsoft Visual C++ Version 4.0 workspace to construct the skeleton of an application.