What Is MFC on Windows? Foundational Knowledge for Maintaining Existing Assets (archived 2026-07-27)

An overview of the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC): its relationship to Win32, application structure, message maps, Document/View, DDX/DDV, and the things to watch out for during maintenance. Archived version of https://comcomponent.com/en/blog/2026/06/11/000-windows-mfc-overview/, as published on 2026-07-27. The live article is maintained and may change after this date. First published 2026-06-11.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-07-27
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21614680
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Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing
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What Is MFC on Windows? Foundational Knowledge for Maintaining Existing Assets (archived 2026-07-27)

Go Komura
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing
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What Is MFC on Windows? Foundational Knowledge for Maintaining Existing Assets (archived 2026-07-27)

Go Komura
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An overview of the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC): its relationship to Win32, application structure, message maps, Document/View, DDX/DDV, and the things to watch out for during maintenance. Archived version of https://comcomponent.com/en/blog/2026/06/11/000-windows-mfc-overview/, as published on 2026-07-27. The live article is maintained and may change after this date. First published 2026-06-11.

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