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ye jing cheng yap keem siah
April 1st, 1999, 05:26 AM
Hi;

Just want to know want actually Afx stand for?

for example AfxMessageBox , StdAfx.h..and so on..

Thanks

Dave Lorde
April 1st, 1999, 08:29 AM
Application Framework (what the 'X' is for, I don't know!)


Dave

yejc@hotmail.com
April 1st, 1999, 10:18 AM
Thanks

now i know what is "A" and "F", btw, i think "X" is stand for extention.

izzit?

LALeonard
April 7th, 1999, 06:33 PM
When MFC was young, the group that developed it was called the "Application Framework" group. But, there was already a group at Microsoft that used the initials AF, so they just appended an "X" to make it distinct.

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