CONFIRM.INF
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Feature Only in Professional and Enterprise Editions Creating a Custom AppWizard is supported only in Visual C++ Professional and Enterprise Editions. For more information, see .
CONFIRM.INF contains a human-readable description of each project component (such as the project name and the names of its primary classes). It also contains a description of each feature that a custom AppWizard user can select from each step. The following code shows how macros and flow-of-control directives are used to generalize the content of a CONFIRM.INF:
$$// confirm.inf = the text sent to the New Project
$$// Information dialog box
Application type of $$ROOT$$:
Dialog-Based Application targeting:
Win32
Classes to be created:
Application: $$APP_CLASS$$ in $$ROOT$$.h and $$ROOT$$.cpp
Dialog: $$DLG_CLASS$$ in $$DLG_HFILE$$.h and $$DLG_IFILE$$.cpp
Features:
+ About box on system menu
$$IF(INDENTED_BRACES)
+ Curly braces indented from previous level
$$ELSE // !INDENTED_BRACES
+ Curly braces flush with previous level
$$ENDIF // NOT_INDENTED_BRACES
$$IF(COMPANY_LOGO)
+ A company logo
$$ENDIF //COMPANY_LOGO
$$IF(3-D)
+ 3D Controls
$$ENDIF //3-D
This example of CONFIRM.INF contains lines of text (such as Classes to be created:), macros (such as $$APP_CLASS$$ and $$ROOT$$), and flow-of-control directives (such as $$IF and $$ENDIF). Once a user clicks Finish in a custom AppWizard, MFCAPWZ.DLL parses CONFIRM.INF as follows:
Each line of text is gathered into a CString object, and each encountered macro is expanded.
Any line beginning with $$// is a comment and is ignored.
Any line of text between an $$IF and an $$ENDIF is converted to a CString if the associated macro, such as INDENTED_BRACES and COMPANY_LOGO, exists and thus evaluates to true.
The resulting CStrings reflect the custom AppWizard user’s choices and are written to the New Project Information dialog box. Thus, they can view the features of their proposed project.