Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0: Designing and Implementing Applications - Part 3

Course Code NGE72612

Contents

1. Contents
2. Description
3. Audience
4. Prerequisites
5. Objectives
6. Topics Include
7. Duration
8. Minimum Requirements
9. Media

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Description

This is the third course in an eight part series for programmers. This series provides the C++ programmers the necessary skills to develop applications using the MFC library and the Microsoft Visual C++ 6 development environment.

Audience

This course is designed for programmers looking to develop applications using MFC library and Microsoft Visual C++. Participants should have completed the first two courses in this series.

Prerequisites

(Currently no course prerequisite information)

Objective

• Extend the functionality of an application by using mechanisms for extending classes and controls.
• Create various kinds of menus, dialog boxes, property sheets, property pages and forms.
• Add and edit the controls on an user interface.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Extending Functionality

• Create a new class by using the ClassWizard.
• Add a member variable to a control.
• Add a member function for a class.
• Add a message handler for a control.
• Sequence the steps to route command messages between a user interface object and a handler function.
• Identify the benefits of subclassing.
• Incorporate existing code by using Components and Controls Gallery.
• Identify the steps to add a scriptlet to an application.
• Insert DHTML controls into an MFC application.

Unit 2: Menus, Dialog Boxes & Property Sheets

• Create a static menu.
• Create a context menu.
• Create a dynamic menu at run time.
• Create an accelerator for a given menu item by using the Resource Editor.
• Identify the characteristics of modal and modeless dialog boxes.
• Create a dialog box template by using the Dialog Editor.
• Associate a dialog box template with a class.
• Add member variables to the dialog box controls by using the ClassWizard.
• Write the code to display a dialog box at run time.
• Sequence the steps to exchange and validate the user input from a dialog box.
• Identify the features of the CFormView class.
• Create a form view with controls by using the CFormView class.
• Identify the characteristics of property sheets and property pages.
• Create a property page template by using the Dialog Editor.
• Associate the resources of the property sheet with classes.
• Create a property sheet class by using the ClassWizard.
• Write the code to display the property sheet at run time.

Unit 3: Adding & Editing User Interface Controls

• Match the user interface controls with their descriptions.
• Create user interface controls by using the Resource Editor.
• Create a toolbar button in an MFC application by using the Resource Editor.
• Add ToolTips to a toolbar by using the Resource Editor.
• Identify the steps to create a status bar in an MFC application.
• Identify the steps for creating a rebar in an MFC application.
• Create an image list.
• Identify the steps to create a list view control.
• Identify the steps to create a tree view control.

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently, only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

Media

Web Based Training