Step 2 − Click Install to start the installation process. The following dialog box will be displayed. Step 1 − Once Visual Studio is downloaded, run the installer. Microsoft provides a free version of visual studio which also contains SQL Server and it can be downloaded from studio-vs.aspx. Microsoft Visual Studio also contains the Microsoft Visual C++ environment. To use MFC framework in your C++ application, you must have installed either Microsoft Visual C++ or Microsoft Visual Studio. Microsoft Visual C++ is a programming environment used to create applications for the Microsoft Windows operating systems. MFC simplifies database programming through Data Access Objects (DAO) and Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), and network programming through Windows Sockets. It gives easy access to 'hard to program' user-interface elements and technologies. It also provides tremendous support without reducing programming freedom and flexibility. MFC framework has the following advantages. The MFC framework is a powerful approach that lets you build upon the work of expert programmers for Windows. In addition, MFC provides an application framework, including the classes that make up the application architecture hierarchy. The framework also provides a solid foundation for more advanced features, such as ActiveX and document view processing. It also provides classes for common Windows APIs and data structures, such as windows, controls, and device contexts. MFC provides classes for many basic objects, such as strings, files, and collections that are used in everyday programming. The MFC framework provides a set of reusable classes designed to simplify Windows programming. You can easily extend or override the basic functionality the MFC framework in you C++ applications by adding your application-specific code into MFC framework. Storing collections of data objects, etc.MFC provides much of the code, which are required for the following − The Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC) is an 'application framework' for programming in Microsoft Windows. Understand the fundamentals of object-oriented programming.A little about programming for Windows.We have assumed that you know the following − In this tutorial, you will learn all about how to start and create windows based applications using MFC.

The Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) library provides a set of functions, constants, data types, and classes to simplify creating applications for the Microsoft Windows operating systems.

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