Window Topics

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This family of articles covers window objects in the MFC framework. All MFC windows derive from class , including frame windows, views, dialog boxes, and controls.

The first group of articles describes window objects in general. Refer to this group for general information about C++ window objects, how they encapsulate an HWND, and how you use them when creating your own windows, such as child windows.

The second group of articles describes frame windows—windows that put a frame around content—in particular. Refer to this group for information about how the MFC framework manages frame windows and the contents that they frame, including control bars and views.

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Topics on Window Objects in General

• Window objects

• C++ window objects and HWND handles

• Window classes derived from class CWnd

• Creating window objects

• Registering window “classes”

• Working with window objects

• Device contexts: objects that make Windows drawing device-independent

• Graphic objects: pens, brushes, fonts, bitmaps, palettes, regions

Frame Window Topics

• Frame windows: window objects that provide frames

• Frame windows and views

• Frame-window classes

• Frame-window styles

• Changing the styles of a window created by MFC

• What frame windows do

• Using frame windows

• The MDICLIENT window

• Managing menus, control bars, and accelerators