VC++ Programming@UESTC Chapter I Microsoft Windows and Visual ctt ●VC++ History In the old days, Console applications force users to do what is given to them. Theres only one executing thread within an application The basic building block for displaying information in the Microsoft WindowsTM graphical environment is the window Windows applications give users a lot of choices so the tasks are much more difficult than before On platforms of windows Nt, Windows 95 and later, multitask can be done with windows applicationsVC++ Programming @ UESTC 6 ⚫ VC++ History In the old days, Console applications force users to do what is given to them. There’s only one executing thread within an application. The basic building block for displaying information in the Microsoft® Windows™ graphical environment is the window. Windows applications give users a lot of choices so the tasks are much more difficult than before. On platforms of windows NT, Windows 95 and later, multitask can be done with windows applications. Chapter 1 Microsoft Windows and Visual C++