I had originally posted this to the comp.lang.C++.moderated group, and 
was advised to bring this question here.

I haven't used C++ in quite a few years, and that was when I was 
learning and made only console applications, but I remember the .h files
only had the function declarations, and the .cpp files had the
implementation.  I just used the project wizard in .net 2003 to
start a new C++ project, .net forms style, and the private events for 
the form are only showing up in the .h header file.  ???  In fact, even 
the constructor implementation is in the header file.  Is this normal 
for forms?  Or has C++ changed?

Based on one of the responses posted in the other group, I was thinking 
it may be better to transfer the actual functionality to the .cpp file 
and put a function definition in the header, rather than having a bunch 
of inline functions in the header to cover the form events.  Does this 
sound like the proper approach?

Tom

tomb wrote:

> I had originally posted this to the comp.lang.C++.moderated group, and 
> was advised to bring this question here.
> 
> I haven't used C++ in quite a few years, and that was when I was 
> learning and made only console applications, but I remember the .h files
> only had the function declarations, and the .cpp files had the
> implementation.  I just used the project wizard in .net 2003 to
> start a new C++ project, .net forms style, and the private events for 
> the form are only showing up in the .h header file.  ???  In fact, even 
> the constructor implementation is in the header file.  Is this normal 
> for forms?  Or has C++ changed?
> 
> Based on one of the responses posted in the other group, I was thinking 
> it may be better to transfer the actual functionality to the .cpp file 
> and put a function definition in the header, rather than having a bunch 
> of inline functions in the header to cover the form events.  Does this 
> sound like the proper approach?


Tom:

C++ has not changed. What you see is a weakness of the WinForms class 
designer, which is based on the C# one.

I am not an expert on Winforms, but I think it is possible (even 
advisable) to move all the code except the InitializeComponent() method 
to the .cpp file.

-- 
David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP

David Wilkinson wrote:

> tomb wrote:
>> I had originally posted this to the comp.lang.C++.moderated group, and 
>> was advised to bring this question here.
>>
>> I haven't used C++ in quite a few years, and that was when I was 
>> learning and made only console applications, but I remember the .h files
>> only had the function declarations, and the .cpp files had the
>> implementation.  I just used the project wizard in .net 2003 to
>> start a new C++ project, .net forms style, and the private events for 
>> the form are only showing up in the .h header file.  ???  In fact, 
>> even the constructor implementation is in the header file.  Is this 
>> normal for forms?  Or has C++ changed?
>>
>> Based on one of the responses posted in the other group, I was 
>> thinking it may be better to transfer the actual functionality to the 
>> .cpp file and put a function definition in the header, rather than 
>> having a bunch of inline functions in the header to cover the form 
>> events.  Does this sound like the proper approach?
> 
> Tom:
> 
> C++ has not changed. What you see is a weakness of the WinForms class 
> designer, which is based on the C# one.
> 
> I am not an expert on Winforms, but I think it is possible (even 
> advisable) to move all the code except the InitializeComponent() method 
> to the .cpp file.
> 

Thanks, David.  That's what I was thinking, so if you're thinking that 
way also, then that's what I'll do.  It just makes more sense to me.

T