New Visual C++ refresh has tools for Office, IE 'look and fe
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If you're an MFC developer for Windows, your applications won't have to look like they were made for Windows 95 anymore. The final edition of the latest VC++ Feature Pack enables you to replace your toolbars with the Office ribbon.Up until recently, the main evolutionary emphasis in Windows programming has been towards its Presentation Foundation, which emphasize distributed components and the .NET model. But the traditional Windows programming model, using Microsoft Foundation Classes, has lived on. And it hasn't exactly languished, either: MFC programming, where traditional DLL resources are packaged into a more monolithic distribution, is still a dominant discipline for many enterprises' in-house developers.