Assignment 9: OOP for Windows
Object Oriented Programming
In this assignment we want to explore the basic steps necessary to create a Windows program, complete with menu, button, graphics, file input and output, etc.
I have included links to several program segments, one resource file, and one executable file. Please
Create a new directory on your network drive | |
Download each file into that directory by clicking the on the links |
Here are the files to download - simply click on the links. For the first two files, you will be asked to save them to disk. Choose the directory created previously. The next four files will appear inside your Netscape window. You could save them by using CUT and PASTE, or easier, when you click on the links, use the RIGHT mouse button to Save link to disk
Final Program: An example of the (almost) finished program - use left mouse button to click | |
Resource file: contains menu and window definitions - use left mouse button to click and RENAME THIS FILE TO sample.res instead of sample.exe | |
Final Program: source code of fields and methods | |
Linked List: our Linked List unit, modified for the Checkbook Program | |
Step 1: Basic Windows program, does nothing - use right mouse botton to save link | |
Step 2: Windows program with menu and one button - use right mouse button to save link | |
Step 3: Program with menus, buttons, and event handlers - use right mouse button to save link | |
Step 4: Program with menus, buttons, event handlers, and dialog box - use right mouse button to save link |
Your tasks are to produce a four programs, each expanding on the one that I wrote. You will have to determine where in my sample program you should make the appropriate changes to arrive at the desired program. Specifically, please do the following:
To add an item to a text area of a dialog box, you use the method PMyItem^.SetText(pString), where PMyItem is a variable of type PEdit (pointer to editable text area). | |
The type pString is, for our purposes, equivalent to an array of characters | |
Make sure you understand the purpose of the global variable gMessage. |
You should finish your fourth program as soon as possible, but before next Wed. You do not have to turn it in, though. We will expand on the fourth program to arrive at a program close to the finished example program during the next lab.
If you can write a checkbook program that is 'better' than my program (which does lack several essential features, and contains a few bugs) than you will get extra credit for the final exam. The 'better' your program is, the more extra points you will get ! You must turn in your program no latter than the day of the final exam.
(bgw)