question about mfc42.dll
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From: X-N2O on 23 Feb 2010 14:31 On Feb 23, 8:06 pm, Ajay Kalra <ajayka...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Feb 23, 1:56 pm, X-N2O <ledio...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Feb 23, 7:32 pm, "Tom Serface" <t...(a)camaswood.com> wrote: > > > > If you upgrade to 2008 you'll get the benefit of the MFC Feature Pack which > > > has a lot of theme capabilities. Other than that you could use a library > > > like that found atwww.codejock.comwhichoffersa lot of control over look > > > and feel. > > > > One problem with the manifest approach is you're not going to get the same > > > look when you run your software on different platforms. That may not matter > > > to you, it does to me because of documentation and support, etc. > > > > Upgrades to VS 2008 are going pretty cheap right now with 2010 looming > > > (their words not mine): > > > >http://searchwindevelopment.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid8.... > > > > Tom > > > > "X-N2O" <ledio...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > > >news:d133da1a-cf9c-4223-955a-a5b6d5e2af42(a)k11g2000vbe.googlegroups.com.... > > > > > Hi, > > > > I've been using msvc6 for a year now, and I prefer it over any other > > > > IDE for Windows development. > > > > However, I've never had to deal with MFC. I decided to make msvc6 have > > > > an 'xp style'. At first, I tried by including a manifest file in it's > > > > resource section. That seemed to work only for some controls, but all > > > > of them, most controls were still unchanged. Then I applied an inline > > > > patch to call InitCommonControls, but that had no effect either. While > > > > seeing the unchanged controls' properties in Spy++, I noticed they > > > > didn't have normal window class names. I believe those classes were > > > > implemented as custom controls in mfc42.dll. Any idea of how I could > > > > replace those control classes with ones that xp style is applicable > > > > with? I don't know anything regarding how MFC works, in assembly > > > > level. I know this has been done before. > > > Hi, thanks for the reply. > > I think you got me wrong. > > I'm not looking to make MFC applications with themes etc. > > This is about msvc6. It was coded using MFC and it uses mfc42.dll. > > By modifying the program itself through inline patching (MSDEV.EXE), I > > was trying to make the already compiled application have xp-style > > controls. > > If I had the source code it would have been easier. > > So you are modifying the binary? > > -- > Ajay That is right. Here is a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/tUg1t.png The 'Open' dialog is affected by the manifest file i inserted into the binary, while the toolbars and most of the controls in the main window are not. They are clearly custom controls, that probably reside in mfc42.dll. I wanted someone to confirm this, and tell me how I could replace them with other controls from newer versions of MFC.
From: Giovanni Dicanio on 23 Feb 2010 17:42
"X-N2O" <ledio777(a)gmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio news:c44ce27e-6035-4bbd-b0f7-9d74c7fb467d(a)v36g2000vbs.googlegroups.com... >> So you are modifying the binary? [...] > That is right. > Here is a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/tUg1t.png > The 'Open' dialog is affected by the manifest file i inserted into the > binary, while the toolbars and most of the controls in the main window > are not. They are clearly custom controls, that probably reside in > mfc42.dll. I wanted someone to confirm this, and tell me how I could > replace them with other controls from newer versions of MFC. There is a great add-in for VC6 called WndTabs: http://www.wndtabs.com/ Source code is available, as well as an article on CodeProject. The add-in injects some code in VC6 IDE (which is written in MFC) and does some magic. You may find that useful for your purposes... Giovanni |