Chapter 21 - Procedure-oriented Windows Applications
Visual C++ 6: The Complete Reference
Chris H. Pappas and William H. Murray, III
Copyright 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies
More on Procedure-oriented Windows Programming
Most C and C++ programmers have used the procedure-oriented programming techniques presented in this chapter when developing Windows applications. You will find code similar to this C code in many books and magazine articles.
While C++ applications can have a similar structure and appearance to the C code in this chapter, they can also take advantage of object-oriented concepts and include the advantages of Microsoft’s Foundation Class library. The Microsoft Foundation Class library provides the programmer with access to reusable code—a chief advantage of C++. Many authors and programmers are suggesting that all Windows applications be developed with object-oriented programming techniques. These techniques will be the primary focus in the remainder of this book.