Develop MFC Doc/View Application Which Supports Any Number Document Template

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Introduction

Abstract

This article provides an introduction to TangramLittle, a C++ Framework for MFC and the .NET Framework. Knowledge in MFC and the .NET Framework is assumed.

Install Wizard

At first, you must download �TangramLittle.zip�, then decompress this file, we obtained a directory �Program Files�, this directory have two sub-directories, copy all sub-directories of this directory into your computer�s �Program Files� directory, thus, you have installed the Wizard.

Config your VC++ Environment Variable

There is a Static Library Project �MfcDotNetExtLib� in directory �Program Files\ Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\ TangramLittle\ MfcDotNetExtLib�, please set Include Path to this directory and set Lib Path �Program Files\ Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\ TangramLittle\ MfcDotNetExtLib\lib�.

Build a TangramLittle Application

This is very simple, just use the wizard to create a TangramLittle Project.

This is an MFC project which has no Main window.

Create a MainFrame Project

You can create a MainFrame Project by wizard:

Create a Doc/View Project

You can create a Doc/View Project by wizard:

Use TangramLittle, MainFrame Project and Doc/View Project to Compose an Application

Using the program config file, we can compose an Application. A typical config file is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 
<configuration> 
    <appSettings> 
    </appSettings> 
<runtime> 
      <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1"> 
           <probing privatePath="bin;usercontrol;component;doctemplate"/> 
      </assemblyBinding> 
</runtime> 
<Tangram 
      MainAppType = ".net" 
      MainAssemblyLib = "mainframe1" 
      MainAssemblyCategory= "mainframe1" 
      MainFrameAssembly = "mainframe1.AppObject" 
      ExternalAppAssembly = "" 
      WorkSpaceGUID = "{9905F281-9C5D-440b-89AF-EE61D3FA548A}" 
> 
      <Caption>Welcome To Tangram World!</Caption> 
      <WorkSpace>MSDNDocIntegrationSample.App</WorkSpace> 
      <BackgroundType>mfcview</BackgroundType> 
      <BackgroundFile></BackgroundFile> 
      <RegistryKey>MSDNDocIntegrationSample</RegistryKey> 
      <StdProfileSettings>4</StdProfileSettings> 
      <RunModel></RunModel> 
      <Skin>Merlin ENI\Merlin ENI.uis</Skin> 
</Tangram> 
</configuration>

In a config file, MainAssemblyLib = "mainframe1" assigns a mainframe object assembly, MainAssemblyCategory= "mainframe1" assignd a sub-directory in the directory �Program Files\TangramUniverseDocument� which stores TangramLittle application�s MainFrame data, MainFrameAssembly = "mainframe1.AppObject" assigns mainframe object ID in the assembly which is assigned by MainAssemblyLib = "mainframe1". <BackgroundType>mfcview</BackgroundType> assigns MDI Client Type, TangramLittle Support use HTML, Flash Movie, and other Views (.NET Control) as MDI Client Background Window.

Demo

We supply a Demo (Demo.zip and MSDNDocIntegrationSample.zip) which shows how to use a config file to config a TangramLittle application, each mainframe object corresponds an MFC Document (a .app file, for detail information please observe the directory �Program Files\TangramUniverseDocument�), for each mainframe, there exists a directory (name: �Program Files\TangramUniverseDocument\ Your Company Name\ mainframe\DocumentTemplate�), this directory consists of XML files, each XML file descripts a document template.

Some Snapshots

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