Hi.
I design and implement Windows programs using MFC and its doc/view architecture. Currently I am studying Jeffrey Richter's Programming Applications for Microsoft Windows. It is an amazing booking with unparrelled insights to Windows core.
In his book, Richter demonstrates thread synchronization both at user-mode and at kernel object levels using Win32 API. For example, for critical sections, you can call EnterCriticalSection(...). For events, you can call CreateEvent(...).
Anyways, I have studies from Jeff Prosise's Programming Windows with MFC. Prosise demonstrates thread synchronization using MFC tools including CCriticalSection, CEvent, CMutex, as well as CSingleLock.
Again, I have no experience with Win32 API GUI tools. I would like to know is it what is the preferred tool for thread synchronization: Win32 API or MFC? Both techniques make use of the same thread synchronization tools. I want to know which technique is more powerful now and in the future.
I really enjoy working with Win32 API, just not for GUI.
Thanks,
Kuphryn