Hi, I have developed WinAPI applications using MinGW without problems. Now, can I do the same with MFC?
A:
You cannot. MFC stand for Microsoft Foundation Classes and Microsoft isn't good at supporting any other products than theirs. You may try to compile MFC under MinGW if you have the source but the result is uncertain.
dark_charlie
2010-08-10 21:10:09
A:
I'm just guessing here but I think you would need to buy a copy of Visual Studio to get a license to use MFC. MFC is not well known for its portable use of C++ either. If you are familiar with MFC, you might find the learning curve for Qt to be reasonable (which I use with MinGW). The MFC/MinGW route sounds very painful :)
Arnold Spence
2010-08-10 21:14:24