Microsoft Visual C++ Windows Applications by Example: Code and explanation for real-world MFC C++ Applications

425 Pages·2008·3.32 MB·English

by  Stefan Björnander

Microsoft Visual C++ Windows
Applications by Example
Code and Explanation for Real-World MFC
C++ Applications
Stefan Björnander
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
Microsoft Visual C++ Windows Applications by Example
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Credits
Author Project Manager
Stefan Björnander Abhijeet Deobhakta
Reviewer Project Coordinator
S. G. Ganesh Brinell Catherine Lewis
Senior Acquisition Editor Indexer
David Barnes Monica Ajmera
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About the Author
Stefan Björnander is a Ph.D. candidate at Mälardalen University, Sweden. He
has worked as a software developer and has taught as a senior lecturer at Umeå
University, Sweden. He holds a master's degree in computer science and his research
interests include compiler construction, mission-critical systems, and model-driven
engineering. You can reach him at [email protected].
I dedicate this book to my parents
Ralf and Gunilla, my sister Catharina, her husband Magnus,
and their son Emil
About the Reviewer
S. G. Ganesh is currently working as a research engineer in Siemens Corporate
Technology, Bangalore. He works in the area of Code Quality Management (CQM).
He has good experience in system software development having worked for around
five years in Hewlett-Packard's C++ compiler team in Bangalore. He also represented
the ANSI/ISO C++ standardization committee (JTC1/SC22/WG21) from 2005 to
200�. He has authored several books. The latest one is 60 Tips for Object Oriented
Programming (Tata-McGraw Hill/ISBN-13 978-0-07-065670-3). He has a master's
degree in computer science. His research interests include programming languages,
compiler design and design patterns. If you're a student or a novice developer, you
might find his website www.joyofprogramming.com to be interesting. You can reach
him at [email protected].
Table of Contents
Preface 1
Chapter 1: Introduction to C++ 7
The Compiler and the Linker 8
The First Program 8
Comments 9
Types and Variables 9
Simple Types 10
Variables 10
Constants 11
Input and Output 12
Enumerations 12
Arrays 13
Pointers and References 13
Pointers and Dynamic Memory 15
Defining Our Own Types 18
The Size and Limits of Types 18
Hungarian Notation 20
Expressions and Operators 21
Arithmetic Operators 21
Pointer Arithmetic 21
Increment and Decrement 23
Relational Operators 23
Logical Operators 23
Bitwise Operators 24
Assignment 25
The Condition Operator 25
Precedence and Associativity 26
Statements 27
Table of Contents
Selection Statements 27
Iteration Statements 30
Jump Statements 32
Expression Statements 32
Functions 32
Void Functions 34
Local and Global Variables 34
Call-by-Value and Call-by-Reference 36
Default Parameters 39
Overloading 40
Static Variables 40
Recursion 41
Definition and Declaration 42
Higher Order Functions 43
The main() Function 44
The Preprocessor 45
The ASCII Table 47
Summary 48
Chapter 2: Object-Oriented Programming in C++ 49
The Object-Oriented Model 50
Classes 51
The First Example 52
The Second Example 55
Inheritance 58
Dynamic Binding 60
Arrays of Objects 65
Pointers and Linked Lists 65
Stacks and Linked Lists 66
Operator Overloading 70
Exceptions 76
Templates 77
Namespaces 80
Streams and File Processing 82
Summary 84
Chapter 3: Windows Development 87
Visual Studio 88
The Document/View Model 89
The Message System 90
The Coordinate System 93
The Device Context 94
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The Registry 98
The Cursor 98
Serialization 99
Summary 101
Chapter 4: Ring: A Demonstration Example 103
The Application Wizard 104
Colors and Arrays 109
Catching the Mouse 110
Drawing the Rings 112
Setting the Coordinate System and the Scroll Bars 113
Catching the Keyboard Input 116
Menus, Accelerators, and Toolbars 117
The Color Dialog 123
The Registry 123
Serialization 124
Summary 125
Chapter 5: Utility Classes 127
The Point, Size, and Rectangle Classes 128
The Color Class 129
The Font Class 130
The Caret Class 133
The List Class 136
The Set Class 137
The Array Class 140
Error Handling 140
Summary 142
Chapter 6: The Tetris Application 143
The Tetris Files 144
The Square Class 146
The Color Grid Class 146
The Document Class 147
The View Class 155
The Figure Class 160
The Figure Information 167
The Red Figure 168
The Brown Figure 168
The Turquoise Figure 169
The Green Figure 169
The Yellow Figure 170
The Blue Figure 171
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The Purple Figure 171
Summary 172
Chapter 7: The Draw Application 173
The Resource 177
The Class Hierarchy 179
The Figure Class 180
The TwoDimensionalFigure Class 183
The LineFigure Class 185
The ArrowFigure Class 192
The RectangleFigure Class 197
The EllipseFigure Class 200
The TextFigure Class 204
The FigureFileManager Class 213
The Document Class 215
The View Class 233
Summary 237
Chapter 8: The Calc Application 239
The Resource 242
Formula Interpretation 243
The Tokens 244
The Reference Class 246
The Scanner—Generating the List of Tokens 248
The Parser—Generating the Syntax Tree 251
The Syntax Tree—Representing the Formula 262
The Spreadsheet 268
The Cell—Holding Text, Value, or Formula 268
The Cell Matrix—Managing Rows and Columns 286
The Target Set Matrix Class 287
The Document/View Model 291
The Document Class 291
The View Class 311
Summary 328
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