HOWTO: Create a Browser Library for the Common Control Classes

ID: Q138326

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SUMMARY

As shipped on the 32-bit Edition Visual C++ CD-ROM compact disc, the Mfc.bsc browser database lacks information for the new MFC common control classes. This article describes the steps necessary to build the browse information for these new classes.


MORE INFORMATION

Follow this procedure:

  1. Verify that you have at least 90 megabytes of free disk space on the drive where Visual C++ is installed. This much space is required to build the browse information. 86 megabytes can be freed once the browser database has been built.


  2. Make a backup copy of the Makefile in Msvc20\Mfc\Src so that it can be easily restored.


  3. Edit the Makefile to include the new common controls classes:

    Change this line: 
    
      $D\winctrl1.obj $D\winbtn.obj \
    to this: 
    
      $D\winctrl1.obj $D\winctrl2.obj $D\winbtn.obj \


  4. On some Visual C++ version 2.20 compact discs, the Appui3.cpp file contains an error. View the Appui3.cpp file that was installed in your Msvc20\Mfc\Src directory, and remove any characters that appear before the // (that is, the start of the comment) on the first line.


  5. From a Command Prompt, run the \Msvc20\Bin\Vcvars32.Bat file to set the proper environment variables.


  6. Change to the \Msvc20\Mfc\Src directory, and build the browse information by running the NMAKE tool: 
    
   nmake browseonly=1 no_pch=1


  7. Provided you do not plan to rebuild the browse database frequently, remove all files in the $NWD directory, and then remove the directory itself. The intermediate .sbr files occupy roughly 54 megabytes of disk space and are not required to use the browser.


  8. If you want, rename the new browse file from NafxcWD.bsc to Mfc.bsc.


To use the browser file, start Visual C++, and on the File menu, click Open. Then choose the .BSC file that you just created. The Browser window will appear, and you can then look up any of the MFC functions or data variables including the common control classes such as CListCtrl.


REFERENCES

Please refer to Chapter 13 of the Visual C++ User's Guide in Books Online for information on how to effectively use the browser.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.20 Windows 95 


Keywords          : kbprg kbusage kbnokeyword kbMFC kbVC 
Version           : 2.1 2.2
Platform          : NT WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: August 2, 1999