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Visual C++ Last modified: Thursday, September 19, 2002

An application development tool developed by Microsoft for C++ programmers. Visual C++ supports object-oriented programming of 32-bit Windows applications with an integrated development environment (IDE), a C/C++ compiler, and a class library called the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC). The IDE includes an AppWizard, ClassWizard, and testing features to make programming easier. Visual C++ was introduced in 1993, and Release 4.0 became available in 1996.

Microsoft's Visual C++  Contains links to technical information, events, news, and product information for Microsoft's Visual C++. There is also a search utility for this site. The MFC Professional site  This resource site contains links to source code and classes, shareware and freeware, a mailing list archive with over 500 articles, programming tips, a collection of articles on ActiveX and OLE, monthly book reviews, user groups, event information, and a product gallery. Visual C++ resources  This page, from the Advanced Undergraduate Laboratory at Florida's International University, offers a comprehensive listing of Visual C++ news, resources, tutorials, FAQs, and newsgroups. Front-end bug smashing in Visual C++ and MFC This article focuses on coding techniques in C++ and exploiting what MFC provides to find and kill bugs early in the development cycle. It appeared in the Visual C++ Developers Journal in November 1996. MFC Visual C++ FAQ This FAQ is a clearing house for answers to MFC questions commonly asked in USENET newsgroups and the MFC List. These pages are hosted by Stingray Software. Calling a Web Service Asynchronously Web services are the talk of the Net; however, there is little information on Web Services with Visual C++. Discover how to call a Web service asynchronously using Visual C++ .NET.