!>1) MFC are the most used in win environment
!
!Hi,
!
! I have to say that this point is probably not that important.
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Hi,
I'm fully agree with that ... but i think it's good to remember it to
everyone, especialy for people who don't have a good knowledge of the
windows os.
!>2) Borland is going to stop the development/support of VCL/OWL and use
MFC
!>instead (don't forget
!>Microsoft buy 10% of inprise in exchange borland use the MFC )
!
! This is definitely a point against VCL/OWL. However, does anyone know
!anything about the Windows core APIs (those MFC uses to do its magic?).
!I've heard they were so bad one should forget it, but never tried them (I
!only did Optima C++ and that was worse than a beginner using PowerPlant's
!worst classes on a very bad day).
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MFC are more useabel than using directly API. In fact, the real advantage
of
the MFC is to masking the HORRIBLE definition of the low level API of win32
and
to propose a standart canvas for building applications. MFC need a time to
learn
and undestanding the philosophie but after it's not so bad after, even if
VCL/OWL are
better !
!>3) MFC are useable in all developt windows (codewarior, visual c++, c++
!>builder, etc...), VCL/OWL only on C++ builder
!
! This is definitely important. Since MFC is done by MS, there's actually
an
!advantage in using that to program for Windows, since it's much less
likely
!to miss important features Windows has and we're likely to be able to
stick
!with it for quite a while.
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You say it !
! Of course, we could also use wxWindows. I'll try to get the current beta
!downloaded and then I'll tell you whether it might work.
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I have no point of vue about this for the moment. I don't have enough
informations
about it for talking of this solution.
--
LAFON Jean-Marie
