MFC - Environment Setup


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Microsoft Visual C++ is a programming environment used to create applications for the Microsoft Windows operating systems. To use MFC framework in your C++ application, you must have installed either Microsoft Visual C++ or Microsoft Visual Studio. Microsoft Visual Studio also contains the Microsoft Visual C++ environment.

Microsoft provides a free version of visual studio which also contains SQL Server and it can be downloaded from https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/downloadvisual- studio-vs.aspx.

Following are the installation steps.

Step 1 − Once Visual Studio is downloaded, run the installer. The following dialog box will be displayed.

Visual Studio

Step 2 − Click Install to start the installation process.

Visual Studio Installation

Step 3 − Once Visual Studio is installed successfully, you will see the following dialog box.

Visual Studio Installed

Step 4 − Close this dialog box and restart your computer if required.

Step 5 − Open Visual studio from the Start menu, which will open the following dialog box. It will take some time for preparation, while starting for the first time.

Visual Studio Preparing

Step 6 − Next, you will see the main window of Visual Studio.

Visual Studio Main Window

Step 7 − You are now ready to start your application.

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