RE: FruitBasket-MFC
- From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:44:45 -0800
No I am using studio but as I said in the last mail I want to compile
straight at the command line not in the IDE that is where I am having
trouble.
Ken
-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jaffar
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 3:28 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: FruitBasket-MFC
Hi Ken. Are you using VCExpress? Cheers!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:31 AM
Subject: RE: FruitBasket-MFC
>
>
> I know this but it will not link. I know there is a flag I am missing but
> I
> have not been able to find it. I would rather like to keep my code till I
> have got it to link. I guess if you can not tell me what flags and
> libraries need to be on the command line for hand compiling MFC code then
> I
> will continue to look on google.
>
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jaffar
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 2:27 PM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: FruitBasket-MFC
>
> Hi Ken. Could you send me your code for the MFC's minimalist fruitBasket
> so
> I can take a look at it. I'll see how i can adapt it, then include the
> appropiate instructions with the finished code. Cheers! Btw, You need
> not
> use WinMain() or Main() with mfc because the class CMyApp : public CWinApp
> declaration will call the Winmain() function. Cheers!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 4:50 AM
> Subject: RE: FruitBasket-MFC
>
>
>>
>>
>> I already have one almost written the trouble only is in the linking
>> stage it refuses to link because it can't find main. Well there isn't a
> main.
>> The main is actually called WinMainCRTStartup and its in an MFC dll
>> some where. If someone like Jafar knows what switch I have to put on
>> the command line I can have a single file FruitBasket rather quick.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jaffar
>> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 8:43 AM
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: FruitBasket-MFC
>>
>> Hi Jamal. Very true. I'll see if i can write out one over this week
>> end.
>> Anyway, I find MFC less cumbersome than actually writing for windows
>> using native c++. Cheers!
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 12:29 AM
>> Subject: Re: FruitBasket-MFC
>>
>>
>>> Hi Jaffar,
>>> That's good to know that hand coding, without wizards and code
>>> generators, is also possible with MFC and VS. If you get a chance, I
>>> would be keenly interested in examining a single file, minimalist
>>> fruit basket program compiled with VC++. Personally, I find that
>>> multiple source, header, and resource files tmake the code difficult
>>> to
>> comprehend.
>>>
>>> Jamal
>>> On Tue,
>>> 20 Nov 2007, jaffar wrote:
>>>
>>>> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:12:54 +0800
>>>> From: jaffar <jaffar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: Re: FruitBasket-MFC
>>>>
>>>> Hi Jamal. As far as I understand it, MFC itself is a microsoft
>>>> created library-cum-wrapper for Win32 programming. As far As I am
>>>> Concerned, I just create MFC applications without the use of the
>>>> readily available App Wizards with Visual Studio. I just start from
>>>> scratch from and empty project and hand code the app myself which i
>>>> find to be more productive. Cheers!
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 9:45 PM
>>>> Subject: RE: FruitBasket-MFC
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > I'm looking forward to studying your code, Ken. I have no
>>>> > experience with the dialog editor myself, and wonder whether it
>>>> > would be possible to develop with MFC without it, by using a
>>>> > version of CreateDialogIndirect (or equivalent for regular
>>>> > application windows), whereby control attributes are specified via
>>>> > memory structures at runtime. Are there wrappers to help develop
>>>> > in this way?
>>>> >
>>>> > Jamal
>>>> > On Sun, 18 Nov 2007, Ken Perry wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:36:42 -0800
>>>> >> From: Ken Perry <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> >> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> >> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> >> Subject: RE: FruitBasket-MFC
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Oh yeah same for Jaws and I am betting most screen readers. Like
>>>> >> I said I was able to drop the controls but I had to go in and
>>>> >> edit their locations because the dialog can not be tabbed through
>>>> >> like the Form editor with Jaws.
>>>> >> I mean when you read tutorials on MFC they say just select the
>>>> >> button and hit enter and it will give you a list of properties or
>>>> >> stuff like that.
>>>> >> Well In my case the add button and delete button and edit box
>>>> >> were all visible but the list box was not on the screen. I
>>>> >> maximized the dialog with Alt-space but that didn't seem to help.
>>>> >> I finally just went to the resource file and edited it with the
>>>> >> source code editor which means you have to sit down and figure
>>>> >> out where each control should go. I am not complaining because
>>>> >> you can do it and it gives you full control over the dialog .
>>>> >> It
>>>> >> could be worse as we all know because visual c++ 6 and jaws you
>>>> >> couldn't even select the controls and drop them on the dialog.
>>>> >> At least now you can drop them and arrange them later.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Ken
>>>> >>
>>>> >> _____
>>>> >>
>>>> >> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> >> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>>>> >> jaffar
>>>> >> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 10:30 PM
>>>> >> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> >> Subject: Re: FruitBasket-MFC
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Hi Ken. Would agree with you there. The resource editor is not
>>>> >> really accessible, although with window eyes, one could use the
>>>> >> num pad to read some info on the screen. I wish it were more
>>>> >> accessible though.
>>>> >> Cheers!
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> >> From: Ken <mailto:whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Perry
>>>> >> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> >> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 2:09 PM
>>>> >> Subject: FruitBasket-MFC
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> You ask for it you got it. Here it is the one the only
>>>> >> FruitBasket in MFC.
>>>> >> The hardest part of writing this was using the resource editor.
>>>> >> It was like being back in Visual studio 6. Why they didn't just
>>>> >> make the current dialog editor work for the old resources I don't
>>>> >> know. I doubt they will fix this in 2008 but we can all pray.
>>>> >> Jamal have you tried the MFC resource editor and do you think it
>>>> >> could be made to be accessible like the forms editor?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Anyway even with the problems I was able to make the FruitBasket
>>>> >> program in little to no time so here it is. Note most of the
>>>> >> guts of the program is in FruitBasketDlg.cpp and FruitBasketDlg.h
>>>> >> I am going to try to make a minimalist version of this but the
>>>> >> trouble I had with a single source version of this was the
>>>> >> command line options. Microsoft has not made it easy to just
>>>> >> compile an MFC application. Further more a single cpp file would
>>>> >> need all the controls done dynamically rather than in a resource
> file.
>>>> >> While that would get around the problems I had with the resource
>>>> >> editor, I find fighting with the resource files easier than
>>>> >> writing all the code to create the controls dynamically. This
>>>> >> doesn't mean I won't make a minimalist version of the MFC
>>>> >> FruitBasket it just means it is not done yet.
>>>> >> I will most likely make it when I re make the win32 version I lost.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> OK here is the link to the two archives of the MFC version. I
>>>> >> made two because some people on this list like .rar and some like
>>>> >> .zip.
>>>> >> Inthane
>>>> >> use
>>>> >> which ever you want to on the page it is the same file. The
>>>> >> executable is under the release directory.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> .rar:
>>>> >> <http://www.blinksoft.com/~whistler/FruitBasket-MFC.rar>
>>>> >> http://www.blinksoft.com/~whistler/FruitBasket-MFC.rar
>>>> >> .zip
>>>> >> <http://www.blinksoft.com/~whistler/FruitBasket-MFC.zip>
>>>> >> http://www.blinksoft.com/~whistler/FruitBasket-MFC.zip
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Ken
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
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