3.13. Table of MFC Releases

Microsoft Visual C++/Microsoft Foundation Classes


3.13. Table of MFC Releases

Hint, MFC releases are always MSVC release - 1. This is because MFC 1.0 came out with MS C 7. This was all changed with 4.0 of course, now the formula is much easier: MSVC release = MFC release, well until VC++ 5.0 came out <sigh>.

MFC Release MSVC Release 16 or 32 Bit Notes
1.0   16 Just thin Windows coverage
2.0 1.0 16 Document/Views added
2.1 1.1 for NT 32 First 32-bit release for NT
2.5 1.5 16 OLE/ODBC, last 16-bit release
2.51 2.0 16 Bug Fixes
2.52 2.1 16 Adds Property Sheets to 2.5
2.52b 2.2 16 Shipped in July '95, bug fixes
2.5c 4.0 16 Shipped in Nov '95, bug fixes
3.0 2.0 32 Property sheets, dock toolbars
3.1 2.1 32 Winsock/MAPI, Win comctrls
3.2 2.2 32 Shipped in July '95, more comctrls
4.0 4.0 32 Win 95, thread classes, OCX containers
4.1 4.1 32 Tons of bug fixes, sweeper (WinInet) classes.  Was last release to support Win32s.
4.2 4.2 32 More bug fixes, ISAPI classes
4.2b internet dl 32 Lots-o-bug-fixes!
4.21 5.0 32 IntelliMouse™ support.