Resolving The Problem

IBM® Rational® Rose RealTime can be used for creating MFC (Microsoft Foundation Class) applications. Attached is an example that demonstrates how Rose RealTime can be used for MFC application development.


SimpleApp
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This is a Rose RealTime model used to develop an MFC application. It is a very simple application but it demonstrates how one could use Rose RealTime's modelling capabilities to produce an application using MFC. This model contains the MFC6Classes so it could also be used to create a framework.

Here are the steps to see the example:

1) Unzip the attached file (e.g. to C: drive) then set the SAPP_DIR pathmap in Rose RealTime to be this directory.

e.g. From the Menu - File > Edit Path Map

$SAPP_DIR = C:\simpleMFCApp


2) In the model, build the simpleapp component, this demonstrates a simple dialog application.

Note: The component requires the Visual C++ environment to be set up before it can be build.

The component can be run standalone by simply executing simpleapp.exe from the build directory.

e.g. C:\simpleMFCApp\simpleApp\build\simpleapp.exe


The above example does not use Capsules or any of the TargetRTS services. To use these within an MFC application, a separate thread should be used and the Rose RealTime model created as a library.

When viewing the model, users should also note the use of the "SimpleApp" C++ ImplementationPreface and PublicDeclarations. These are where the application's message map macro's and the application instance are created.

e.g. ImplementationPreface

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(SimpleApp, CWinApp)
ON_COMMAND(ID_HELP, CWinApp::OnHelp)
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

SimpleApp theApp;

DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()