Create GUI Project

Select Solution

Right Click -> Popup Menu -> Add-> New Project...

On the popup Create Dialog

Visual C++  tab select Template MFC Application

Name field enter GUI

Location field enter <Drive>:\<Path>\ HelloWorld     (specify the path to the HelloWorld directory)

Solution field enter GUI                                (this should be automatically filed in by the dialog)

Tick CreateDirectory for Solution

Select OK

On MFC Application Wizard

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Select Dialog Based and MFC Static Library

Untick Use Unicode Libraries

Select Finish

For this example all other options are defaulted.

This step will create all of the required GUI files with a default Dialog. For this application we do not need to change the Dialog.

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Set up GUI Properties

These properties are for the debug build (release are similar)

Select the GUI project in the Solution Explorer Window. Then select Right Click -> Popup Menu -> Set as Startup Project.

Select Debug from the Build Configurations Option

Select the GUI project in the Solution Explorer Window. Then select Right Click -> Popup Menu -> Properties...

On the popup Properties Dialog

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Configuration Properties tab

C++ tab

General tab

Additional Include Directories field enter ../HelloWorld;$(COREDIR)ClipRT

Preprocessor tab

Preprocessor Definitions field add ;CLP_PLATFORM_WIN32

Pre-compiled Headers tab

Create/Use Pre-compiled Header select Dont Use Pre-compiled Headers

Linker tab

General tab

Output File field modify name to include _d.exe

Additional Library Directories field enter ../AutonomousDebug

Input tab

Additional Dependencies field enter nafxcwd.lib HelloWorld_ad.lib

Select OK

Basic Modifications to GUI Code

Select files from the Solution Explorer file tree and make the following modifications

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Gui.cpp

Modify dialog creation in InitInstance() to

BOOL CGUIApp::InitInstance()
{
   ...

   CGUIDlg* dlg = new CGUIDlg();
   m_pMainWnd = dlg;
   dlg->Create( IDD_GUI_DIALOG );

   return TRUE;
}

GuiDlg.h

Modify the Dialog definition to include

class CGUIDlg : public CDialog
{
   ...
protected:
   ...

   LRESULT DefWindowProc( UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM );
   afx_msg void OnClose();
};

GuiDlg.cpp

Modify the Dialog file to include

#include <projectheader.hpp>
#include <Process1Process_includes.hpp>
#include <GUI/Win32/CPP/Include/Win32_Process.hpp>

Comment out or remove

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#endif

Add Close to message map

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CGUIDlg, CDialog)
...
ON_WM_CLOSE()
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

Add dialog registration and process startup to OnInitDialog()

BOOL CGUIDlg::OnInitDialog()
{
   ...

   // TODO: Add extra initialization here
   ::CLIP::SetCallbackWindow( this->GetSafeHwnd(), this );

   Process1Process* process = new Process1Process();
   process->Startup();

   return TRUE;
}

Add overrides for dialog functions

LRESULT CGUIDlg::DefWindowProc( UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam )
{
   CLIP::ProcessPumpMessage( message, wParam, lParam );
   return CDialog::DefWindowProc( message, wParam, lParam );
}

void CGUIDlg::OnClose()
{
   ClpExit(0);
   CDialog::OnClose();
}

We can now Build and Test the application

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