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from https://github.com/microsoft/VCSamples/tree/master/VC2010Samples/MFC/Visual%20C%2B%2B%202008%20Feature%20Pack/WordPad/ReadMe.htm https://github.com/microso

by canucker2016 3y ago

from https://github.com/microsoft/VCSamples/tree/master/VC2010Samples/MFC/Visual%20C%2B%2B%202008%20Feature%20Pack/WordPad/ReadMe.htm https://github.com/microsoft/VCSamples/tree/master/VC2010Sam... "The WordPad sample demonstrates how to implement an application that imitates the functionality of WordPad, including the user interface elements and some of the capabilities." I should have known it wasn't the real Win95 WordPad source code since this version is written using MFC and C++. C++ was not an approved programming language for Win95 components in its quest to run on Brad Silverberg's (Win95 manager) mom's 4MB RAM PC.

canucker2016 3y ago
Hmm. Murray Sargent's blog post states that Win95's WordPad IS written in MFC. from https://web.archive.org/web/20070127011040/http://blogs.msdn.com/murrays/archive/2006/10/20/some-richedit-history.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20070127011040/http://blogs.msdn...: "...RichEdit 1.0 was wrapped in MFC to produce WordPad as an example of how MFC could be used for text processing. This was shipped with Windows 95 as mentioned in the previous post." More RichEdit history: https://web.archive.org/web/20070306114503/http://blogs.msdn.com/murrays/archive/2006/10/14/richedit-versions.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20070306114503/http://blogs.msdn...
cyberax 3y ago
The "real" WordPad is built on top of the sample, with minor changes.
cyberax 3y ago
> C++ was not an approved programming language for Win95 components in its quest to run on Brad Silverberg's (Win95 manager) mom's 4MB RAM PC. Plenty of Windows 95 components were written in C++, including pretty much everything that dealt with OLE. WinNT also used C++ for the graphics layer.
- canucker2016 3y ago
  WinNT isn't Win95. Lots of MS groups were using C++ before Win95, including the Exchange group. Windows for Workgroups 3.1+ included C++ code. I recall that in the initial Win95 group meeting, C++ wasn't allowed. I moved to another team, so I don't know if that restriction was relaxed or not and/or when they allowed C++. The email client included with Win95 wasn't allowed to use C++, including the RichEdit windows control, which had to use C for OLE code - not many other codebases could boast about that - no one signs up for that sort of masochism by choice.

canucker2016 3y ago

Hmm. Murray Sargent's blog post states that Win95's WordPad IS written in MFC. from https://web.archive.org/web/20070127011040/http://blogs.msdn.com/murrays/archive/2006/10/20/some-richedit-history.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20070127011040/http://blogs.msdn...: "...RichEdit 1.0 was wrapped in MFC to produce WordPad as an example of how MFC could be used for text processing. This was shipped with Windows 95 as mentioned in the previous post." More RichEdit history: https://web.archive.org/web/20070306114503/http://blogs.msdn.com/murrays/archive/2006/10/14/richedit-versions.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20070306114503/http://blogs.msdn...

cyberax 3y ago

The "real" WordPad is built on top of the sample, with minor changes.

cyberax 3y ago

> C++ was not an approved programming language for Win95 components in its quest to run on Brad Silverberg's (Win95 manager) mom's 4MB RAM PC. Plenty of Windows 95 components were written in C++, including pretty much everything that dealt with OLE. WinNT also used C++ for the graphics layer.

canucker2016 3y ago
WinNT isn't Win95. Lots of MS groups were using C++ before Win95, including the Exchange group. Windows for Workgroups 3.1+ included C++ code. I recall that in the initial Win95 group meeting, C++ wasn't allowed. I moved to another team, so I don't know if that restriction was relaxed or not and/or when they allowed C++. The email client included with Win95 wasn't allowed to use C++, including the RichEdit windows control, which had to use C for OLE code - not many other codebases could boast about that - no one signs up for that sort of masochism by choice.