MFC Dialog Vs View based App

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While developing any desktop application which has several dialogs what one shd consider whether to go for Dialog based app or view based (MVC). What are the benifits of using each one.

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SNI

Posted 23-Aug-13 1:11am

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Richard MacCutchan 23-Aug-13 7:25am

It is impossible to answer this question as it all depends on your requirements. Dialog based applications tend to be short running, and have limited user interaction. View based would last longer and have more interaction with the user.

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H.Brydon · Answer 1 · 2013-08-23T17:11:00

View based apps have an application/document/view architecture set up for you by Microsoft, which is similar to the "Model View Controller"/MVC on other Microsoft feature stacks.

A dialog based app gives you a dialog where you interact with a number of controls. This is typically done if you have an app where you just want to activate an HI and have the user change some settings and quit. If you want to add any MVC features to the dialog app, you get to be a better programmer because you have to add them yourself.