Visual C++ and MFC Programming 2nd Edition

Chapter 2: Introduction to MFC Visual C++ and MFC Fundamentals

3. The main section of the title bar displays Microsoft Visual C++. This starting title
   displays in the beginning until you decide to create a particular type of application,
   then the title changes. You will experience it once we start some programming
   assignments.


4. The main section of the title bar is also used to move, minimize, maximize the top
   section of the IDE, or to close Visual Studio. On the right section of the title bar,
   there are three system buttons with the following roles

Button Role

Minimizes the window^

Maximizes the window^

Restores the window^

Closes the window^

1.1.4 The Main Menu.......................................................................................

Under the title bar, there is a range of words located on a gray bar. This is called the

menu or main menu.

In this ebook, the expression “Main Menu” refers to the menu on top of the IDE.^

MSVC means Microsoft Visual C++

MSVC 6 means Microsoft Visual C++ 6.

MSVC 7 means Microsoft Visual C++ 2003

To use a menu, you click one of its words and the menu expands.

If an item is missing from the main menu, you can customize it.

1 Click File. There are four main types of menus you will encounter.

When clicked, the behavior of a menu that stands alone

depends on the actions prior to clicking it. Under the File menu, examples include

Close, Save All, or Exit. For example, if you click Close, Microsoft Visual Studio

will find out whether the current file had been saved already. If it has been, the file

would be closed; otherwise, you would be asked whether you want to save it before

closing it

2 To see an example, click Exit.

3 Start Microsoft Visual C++ the same way we did earlier

4 A menu that is disabled is not accessible at the moment.

This kind of menu depends on another action or the availability of something else.

To see an example, one the main menu, click Window: