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  1. #1
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    Afx



    Hi;

    Just want to know want actually Afx stand for?

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

    Thanks

  2. #2
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    Re: Afx



    Application Framework (what the 'X' is for, I don't know!)


    Dave

  3. #3
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    Re: Afx



    Thanks

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

    izzit?

  4. #4

    Re: Afx

    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.

    LA Leonard - Definitive Solutions, Inc.

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