Features and Benefits
SFL represents a framework for building thin applications using C++. SFL leverages ATL’s windowing support while adding many features that Windows applications developers will find useful. The following is a list of SFL’s application features and benefits.
*Wraps application boilerplate code
*Provides an event-listener architecture
*Is templatized so it’s more flexible than straight inheritance
*Provides a Model-View-Controller subsystem
*Includes a Layout Manager
*Provides OLE Drag and Drop support
*Wraps the common Windows dialog boxes
*Provides an AppWizard, making it easy to generate applications
*Provides wrapper for Win32 GDI
This User’s Guide covers the essentials of application development using SFL, focusing on the architecture and the classes fundamental to application development.