Visual C++ and MFC Programming 2nd Edition

Visual C++ and MFC Fundamentals Chapter 1: Introduction to Visual C++

One of the differences between Microsoft Visual C++ 6 and Microsoft Visual Studio

.Net is that, on version 6, the menu bar can be moved to any section on the IDE. To do

this, you can click and hold on the small vertical grab bars on the left side of the File

menu, then drag to any location of your choice. In the 2002 and 2003 versions, the

menu bar cannot be moved.

In all versions, the main menu is customizable. This means that you can add and remove

items from the menu.

1.1.5 The Toolbars............................................................................................

A toolbar is an object made of buttons. These buttons provide the same features you

would get from the (main) menu, only faster. Under the main menu, the IDE is equipped

with an object called the Standard toolbar. For example, to create a new project, on the

main menu, you could click File -> New -> Project... On the other hand, the Standard

toolbar is equipped with a button to perform the same action a little faster.

By default, the Standard toolbar is positioned under the main menu but you can position

it anywhere else on the IDE. Like the menu, the toolbars can be customized.

1. Click and drag the gripper on the Standard toolbar down and right:


2. Notice that the toolbar has moved.


3. Once moved, you can resize the toolbar. To do that, position the mouse on the right
   border of the toolbar. Click and drag in the left direction:


4. To restore the toolbar to its previous position, double-click its title bar.


5. You can get a list of the toolbars that are available if you right-click any button on
   any toolbar or menu.
   For example, right-click a toolbar and notice the list


6. To dismiss the menu, press Esc.
   In this book, every toolbar is referred to by its name


7. A toolbar is equipped with buttons that could be unfamiliar. Just looking at one is not
   obvious. The solution into knowing what a button is used for is to position the mouse
   on top of it. A tool tip will come up and display for a few seconds.
   As an example, position the mouse (do not click) on the second button from left on
   the Standard toolbar:


8. Without clicking, move the mouse to another button and to other buttons

From now on, each button on any toolbar will be named after its tool tip. This

means that, if a tool tip displays "Hungry", its button will be called the Hungry

Button. If a tool tip display "Exercises and Assignments", its button will be called

the Exercises and Assignments button. If you are asked to click a button, position