1. Start Microsoft Visual C++ or Visual Studio. 2. On the main menu, click either File -> New... or File -> New Project... 3. In the New dialog box, click Projects or, in the New Project dialog box, click Visual C++ Projects. 4. Click either Win32 Application or Win32 Project. 5. Type a name for the application in the Name edit box. An example would be MFCFundamentals1. Click OK. 6. Specify that you want to create a Windows Application as an Empty Project and click Finish. 7. To use MFC in MSVC 6, click Project -> Settings... In MSVC 7, in the Solutions Explorer property page, right-click the project name (MFCFundamentals1) and click Properties. 8. In the Microsoft Foundation Classes combo box or in the Use of MFC combo box, select Use MFC In A Shared DLL. Click OK.
To add a file to create the application, on the main menu of MSVC 6, click File -> New... or, for MSVC 7, on the main menu,
click Project -> Add New Item...
Click C++ (Source) File and, in the Name edit box, type a name for the file. An example would be Exercise.
Click OK or Open.
In the empty file, type the above code:
#include <AFXWIN.H> class CExerciseApp : public CWinApp { public: virtual BOOL InitInstance(); };
class CMainFrame : public CFrameWnd { public: CMainFrame(); };
