MFC Predefined Symbols
MFC projects always include several header files that support windows. These are added via #include statements in the StdAfx.h file:
#include <afxwin.h> //MFC core and standard components
#include <afxext.h> //MFC extensions
#include <afxdisp.h> //MFC automation classes
#include <afxdtctl.h> //MFC support for Internet Explorer common controls
#include <afxcmn.h> //MFC support for Windows common controls.
The header files include symbol ID values for MFC common values. These symbols are only available when you're working in an MFC project. The AFX_ prefix is followed by the standard symbol name prefixes.
AFX_ID_PREVIEW_CLOSE
AFX_ID_PREVIEW_NEXT
AFX_ID_PREVIEW_NUMPAGE
AFX_ID_PREVIEW_PREV
AFX_ID_PREVIEW_PRINT
AFX_ID_PREVIEW_ZOOMIN
AFX_ID_PREVIEW_ZOOMOUT
AFX_IDB_CHECKLISTBOX_95
AFX_IDB_MINIFRAME_MENU
AFX_IDC_BROWSE
AFX_IDC_BROWSER
AFX_IDC_CHANGE
AFX_IDC_CLEAR
AFX_IDC_COLOR_BLACK
AFX_IDC_COLOR_BLUE
AFX_IDC_COLOR_CYAN
AFX_IDC_COLOR_DARKBLUE
AFX_IDC_COLOR_DARKCYAN
AFX_IDC_COLOR_DARKGREEN
AFX_IDC_COLOR_DARKMAGENTA
AFX_IDC_COLOR_DARKRED
AFX_IDC_COLOR_GRAY
AFX_IDC_COLOR_GREEN
AFX_IDC_COLOR_LIGHTBROWN
AFX_IDC_COLOR_LIGHTGRAY
AFX_IDC_COLOR_MAGENTA
AFX_IDC_COLOR_RED
AFX_IDC_COLOR_WHITE
AFX_IDC_COLOR_YELLOW
AFX_IDC_COLORPROP
AFX_IDC_CONTEXTHELP
AFX_IDC_FONTNAMES
AFX_IDC_FONTPROP
AFX_IDC_FONTSIZES
AFX_IDC_FONTSTYLES
AFX_IDC_HSPLITBAR
AFX_IDC_LISTBOX
AFX_IDC_MAGNIFY
AFX_IDC_MOUSE_MASK
AFX_IDC_MOUSE_ORG_HORZ
AFX_IDC_MOUSE_ORG_HV
AFX_IDC_MOUSE_ORG_VERT
AFX_IDC_MOUSE_PAN_E
AFX_IDC_MOUSE_PAN_HORZ
AFX_IDC_MOUSE_PAN_HV
AFX_IDC_MOUSE_PAN_N
AFX_IDC_MOUSE_PAN_NE
AFX_IDC_MOUSE_PAN_NW
AFX_IDC_MOUSE_PAN_S
AFX_IDC_MOUSE_PAN_SE
AFX_IDC_MOUSE_PAN_SW
AFX_IDC_MOUSE_PAN_VERT
AFX_IDC_MOUSE_PAN_W
AFX_IDC_MOVE4WAY
AFX_IDC_NODROPCRSR
AFX_IDC_PICTURE
AFX_IDC_PRINT_DOCNAME
AFX_IDC_PRINT_PAGENUM
AFX_IDC_PRINT_PORTNAME
AFX_IDC_PRINT_PRINTERNAME
AFX_IDC_PROPNAME
AFX_IDC_SAMPLEBOX
AFX_IDC_SMALLARROWS
AFX_IDC_STRIKEOUT
AFX_IDC_SYSTEMCOLORS
AFX_IDC_TAB_CONTROL
AFX_IDC_TRACK4WAY
AFX_IDC_TRACKNESW
AFX_IDC_TRACKNS
AFX_IDC_TRACKNWSE
AFX_IDC_TRACKWE
AFX_IDC_UNDERLINE
AFX_IDC_VSPLITBAR
AFX_IDD_BUSY
AFX_IDD_CHANGEICON
AFX_IDD_CHANGESOURCE
AFX_IDD_CONVERT
AFX_IDD_EDITLINKS
AFX_IDD_FILEBROWSE
AFX_IDD_INSERTOBJECT
AFX_IDD_NEWTYPEDLG
AFX_IDD_OBJECTPROPERTIES
AFX_IDD_PASTESPECIAL
AFX_IDD_PREVIEW_TOOLBAR
AFX_IDD_PRINTDLG
AFX_IDD_PROPPAGE_COLOR
AFX_IDD_PROPPAGE_FONT
AFX_IDD_PROPPAGE_PICTURE
AFX_IDI_STD_FRAME
AFX_IDI_STD_MDIFRAME
AFX_IDP_ARCH_BADCLASS
AFX_IDP_ARCH_BADINDEX
AFX_IDP_ARCH_BADSCHEMA
AFX_IDP_ARCH_ENDOFFILE
AFX_IDP_ARCH_GENERIC
AFX_IDP_ARCH_NONE
AFX_IDP_ARCH_READONLY
AFX_IDP_ARCH_WRITEONLY
AFX_IDP_ASK_TO_DISCARD
AFX_IDP_ASK_TO_SAVE
AFX_IDP_ASK_TO_UPDATE
AFX_IDP_BAD_VERB
AFX_IDP_COMMAND_FAILURE
AFX_IDP_DAO_BADBINDINFO
AFX_IDP_DAO_COLUMNUNAVAILABLE
AFX_IDP_DAO_DFX_BIND
AFX_IDP_DAO_ENGINE_INITIALIZATION
AFX_IDP_DAO_OBJECT_NOT_OPEN
AFX_IDP_DAO_ROWTOOSHORT
AFX_IDP_DLL_BAD_VERSION
AFX_IDP_DLL_LOAD_FAILED
AFX_IDP_E_BADFILEMODE
AFX_IDP_E_BADFILENAME
AFX_IDP_E_BADFILENAMEORNUMBER
AFX_IDP_E_BADRECORDLENGTH
AFX_IDP_E_BADREDORDNUMBER
AFX_IDP_E_CANTSAVEFILETOEMP
AFX_IDP_E_DEVICEIOERROR
AFX_IDP_E_DEVICEUNAVAILABLE
AFX_IDP_E_DISKFULL
AFX_IDP_E_DISKNOTREADY
AFX_IDP_E_DIVISIONBYZERO
AFX_IDP_E_FILEALREADYEXISTS
AFX_IDP_E_FILEALREADYOPEN
AFX_IDP_E_FILENOTFOUND
AFX_IDP_E_GETNOTSUPPORTED
AFX_IDP_E_GETNOTSUPPORTEDATRUNTIME
AFX_IDP_E_ILLEGALFUNCTIONCALL
AFX_IDP_E_INVALIDCLIPBOARDFORMAT
AFX_IDP_E_INVALIDFILEFORMAT
AFX_IDP_E_INVALIDPATTERNSTRING
AFX_IDP_E_INVALIDPICTURE
AFX_IDP_E_INVALIDPROPERTYARRAYINDEX
AFX_IDP_E_INVALIDPROPERTYVALUE
AFX_IDP_E_INVALIDUSEOFNULL
AFX_IDP_E_NEEDPROPERTYARRAYINDEX
AFX_IDP_E_OUTOFMEMORY
AFX_IDP_E_OUTOFSTACKSPACE
AFX_IDP_E_OVERFLOW
AFX_IDP_E_PATHFILEACCESSERROR
AFX_IDP_E_PATHNOTTFOUND
AFX_IDP_E_PERMISSIONDENIED
AFX_IDP_E_PRINTERERROR
AFX_IDP_E_PROPERTYNOTFOUND
AFX_IDP_E_REPLACEMENTSTOOLONG
AFX_IDP_E_SEARCHTEXTNOTFOUND
AFX_IDP_E_SETNOTPERMITTED
AFX_IDP_E_SETNOTSUPPORTED
AFX_IDP_E_SETNOTSUPPORTEDATRUNTIME
AFX_IDP_E_TOOMANYFILES
AFX_IDP_FAILED_ACCESS_READ
AFX_IDP_FAILED_ACCESS_WRITE
AFX_IDP_FAILED_DISK_FULL
AFX_IDP_FAILED_INVALID_FORMAT
AFX_IDP_FAILED_INVALID_PATH
AFX_IDP_FAILED_IO_ERROR_READ
AFX_IDP_FAILED_IO_ERROR_WRITE
AFX_IDP_FAILED_MAPI_LOAD
AFX_IDP_FAILED_MAPI_SEND
AFX_IDP_FAILED_MEMORY_ALLOC
AFX_IDP_FAILED_TO_AUTO_REGISTER
AFX_IDP_FAILED_TO_CONNECT
AFX_IDP_FAILED_TO_CONVERT
AFX_IDP_FAILED_TO_CREATE_DOC
AFX_IDP_FAILED_TO_CREATE
AFX_IDP_FAILED_TO_LAUNCH_HELP
AFX_IDP_FAILED_TO_LAUNCH
AFX_IDP_FAILED_TO_NOTIFY
AFX_IDP_FAILED_TO_OPEN_DOC
AFX_IDP_FAILED_TO_REGISTER
AFX_IDP_FAILED_TO_SAVE_DOC
AFX_IDP_FAILED_TO_START_PRINT
AFX_IDP_FAILED_TO_UPDATE
AFX_IDP_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED
AFX_IDP_FILE_BAD_PATH
AFX_IDP_FILE_BAD_SEEK
AFX_IDP_FILE_DIR_FULL
AFX_IDP_FILE_DISKFULL
AFX_IDP_FILE_EOF
AFX_IDP_FILE_GENERIC
AFX_IDP_FILE_HARD_IO
AFX_IDP_FILE_INVALID_FILE
AFX_IDP_FILE_LOCKING
AFX_IDP_FILE_NONE
AFX_IDP_FILE_NOT_FOUND
AFX_IDP_FILE_REMOVE_CURRENT
AFX_IDP_FILE_SHARING
AFX_IDP_FILE_TOO_LARGE
AFX_IDP_FILE_TOO_MANY_OPEN
AFX_IDP_GET_NOT_SUPPORTED
AFX_IDP_INTERNAL_FAILURE
AFX_IDP_INVALID_FILENAME
AFX_IDP_INVALID_MAPI_DLL
AFX_IDP_NO_ERROR_AVAILABLE
AFX_IDP_PARSE_BYTE
AFX_IDP_PARSE_CURRENCY
AFX_IDP_PARSE_DATE
AFX_IDP_PARSE_DATETIME
AFX_IDP_PARSE_GUID
AFX_IDP_PARSE_INT_RANGE
AFX_IDP_PARSE_INT
AFX_IDP_PARSE_RADIO_BUTTON
AFX_IDP_PARSE_REAL_RANGE
AFX_IDP_PARSE_REAL
AFX_IDP_PARSE_STRING_SIZE
AFX_IDP_PARSE_TIME
AFX_IDP_PARSE_UINT
AFX_IDP_PICTURECANTLOAD
AFX_IDP_PICTURECANTOPEN
AFX_IDP_PICTUREREADFAILED
AFX_IDP_PICTURETOOLARGE
AFX_IDP_SCRIPT_DISPATCH_EXCEPTION
AFX_IDP_SCRIPT_ERROR
AFX_IDP_SERVER_BUSY
AFX_IDP_SET_NOT_SUPPORTED
AFX_IDP_STATIC_OBJECT
AFX_IDP_UNREG_DONE
AFX_IDP_UNREG_FAILURE
AFX_IDR_PREVIEW_ACCEL
AFX_IDS_ACTIVATE_VERB
AFX_IDS_ALL_FILES
AFX_IDS_ALLFILTER
AFX_IDS_APP_TITLE_EMBEDDING
AFX_IDS_APP_TITLE
AFX_IDS_AUTO
AFX_IDS_AUTOSAVE_RECOVERED
AFX_IDS_AUTOSAVE_RECOVERY_ASK_1
AFX_IDS_AUTOSAVE_RECOVERY_ASK_2
AFX_IDS_AUTOSAVE_RECOVERY_ASK_3
AFX_IDS_AUTOSAVE_RECOVERY_ASK_4
AFX_IDS_AUTOSAVE_RECOVERY_ASK_5
AFX_IDS_AUTOSAVE_RECOVERY_ASK_6
AFX_IDS_BITMAP_FORMAT
AFX_IDS_BOLD
AFX_IDS_BOLDITALIC
AFX_IDS_BORDERSTYLE_0
AFX_IDS_BORDERSTYLE_1
AFX_IDS_CHANGE_LINK
AFX_IDS_CHECKLISTBOX_CHECK
AFX_IDS_CHECKLISTBOX_MIXED
AFX_IDS_CHECKLISTBOX_UNCHECK
AFX_IDS_COLOR_ACTIVEBAR
AFX_IDS_COLOR_ACTIVEBORDER
AFX_IDS_COLOR_ACTIVETEXT
AFX_IDS_COLOR_APPWORKSPACE
AFX_IDS_COLOR_BTNFACE
AFX_IDS_COLOR_BTNHIGHLIGHT
AFX_IDS_COLOR_BTNSHADOW
AFX_IDS_COLOR_BTNTEXT
AFX_IDS_COLOR_DESKTOP
AFX_IDS_COLOR_DISABLEDTEXT
AFX_IDS_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT
AFX_IDS_COLOR_HIGHTLIGHTTEXT
AFX_IDS_COLOR_INACTIVEBAR
AFX_IDS_COLOR_INACTIVEBORDER
AFX_IDS_COLOR_INACTIVETEXT
AFX_IDS_COLOR_MENUBAR
AFX_IDS_COLOR_MENUTEXT
AFX_IDS_COLOR_PPG_CAPTION
AFX_IDS_COLOR_PPG
AFX_IDS_COLOR_SCROLLBARS
AFX_IDS_COLOR_WNDBACKGND
AFX_IDS_COLOR_WNDFRAME
AFX_IDS_COLOR_WNDTEXT
AFX_IDS_COMPANY_NAME
AFX_IDS_DELETED
AFX_IDS_DESKACCESSORY
AFX_IDS_DISPLAYSTRING_COLOR
AFX_IDS_DISPLAYSTRING_FONT
AFX_IDS_DISPLAYSTRING_PICTURE
AFX_IDS_EDIT_VERB
AFX_IDS_EMBED_FORMAT
AFX_IDS_EXIT_MENU
AFX_IDS_FONT_PPG_CAPTION
AFX_IDS_FONT_PPG
AFX_IDS_FROZEN
AFX_IDS_HELPMODEMESSAGE
AFX_IDS_HIDE
AFX_IDS_HTTP_AUTH_REQUIRED
AFX_IDS_HTTP_BAD_REQUEST
AFX_IDS_HTTP_FORBIDDEN
AFX_IDS_HTTP_NO_TEXT
AFX_IDS_HTTP_NOT_FOUND
AFX_IDS_HTTP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED
AFX_IDS_HTTP_SERVER_ERROR
AFX_IDS_HTTP_TITLE
AFX_IDS_IDLEMESSAGE
AFX_IDS_INVALID_CURRENCY
AFX_IDS_INVALID_DATETIME
AFX_IDS_INVALID_DATETIMESPAN
AFX_IDS_ITALIC
AFX_IDS_LINKSOURCE_FORMAT
AFX_IDS_MANUAL
AFX_IDS_MDICHILD
AFX_IDS_MEMORY_EXCEPTION
AFX_IDS_METAFILE_FORMAT
AFX_IDS_MINI_FONT
AFX_IDS_NOT_DOCOBJECT
AFX_IDS_NOT_SUPPORTED_EXCEPTION
AFX_IDS_OBJ_TITLE_INPLACE
AFX_IDS_OBJECT_MENUITEM
AFX_IDS_OCC_SCALEUNITS_PIXELS
AFX_IDS_ONEPAGE
AFX_IDS_OPENFILE
AFX_IDS_PASTELINKEDTYPE
AFX_IDS_PICTURE_PPG_CAPTION
AFX_IDS_PICTURE_PPG
AFX_IDS_PICTUREBROWSETITLE
AFX_IDS_PICTUREFILTER
AFX_IDS_PICTYPE_BITMAP
AFX_IDS_PICTYPE_ICON
AFX_IDS_PICTYPE_METAFILE
AFX_IDS_PICTYPE_NONE
AFX_IDS_PICTYPE_UNKNOWN
AFX_IDS_PREVIEW_CLOSE
AFX_IDS_PREVIEWPAGEDESC
AFX_IDS_PRINTCAPTION
AFX_IDS_PRINTDEFAULT
AFX_IDS_PRINTDEFAULTEXT
AFX_IDS_PRINTFILTER
AFX_IDS_PRINTONPORT
AFX_IDS_PRINTPAGENUM
AFX_IDS_PRINTTOFILE
AFX_IDS_PROPPAGE_UNKNOWN
AFX_IDS_REGULAR
AFX_IDS_RESOURCE_EXCEPTION
AFX_IDS_RTF_FORMAT
AFX_IDS_SAMPLETEXT
AFX_IDS_SAVE_AS_MENU
AFX_IDS_SAVE_COPY_AS_MENU
AFX_IDS_SAVE_MENU
AFX_IDS_SAVEFILE
AFX_IDS_SAVEFILECOPY
AFX_IDS_SCCLOSE
AFX_IDS_SCMAXIMIZE
AFX_IDS_SCMINIMIZE
AFX_IDS_SCMOVE
AFX_IDS_SCNEXTWINDOW
AFX_IDS_SCPREVWINDOW
AFX_IDS_SCRESTORE
AFX_IDS_SCSIZE
AFX_IDS_SCTASKLIST
AFX_IDS_STATUS_FONT
AFX_IDS_TEXT_FORMAT
AFX_IDS_TOOLTIP_FONT
AFX_IDS_TWOPAGE
AFX_IDS_UNICODE_FONT
AFX_IDS_UNKNOWNTYPE
AFX_IDS_UNNAMED_FILE
AFX_IDS_UNTITLED
AFX_IDS_UPDATE_MENU
AFX_IDS_UPDATING_ITEMS
AFX_IDS_USER_EXCEPTION
AFX_IDS_VERB_EDIT
AFX_IDS_VERB_PROPERTIES
MFC Database Programming
The symbols in this table only appear in an MFC project when database support has been added. They support the MFC connection to SQL servers and database programming.
AFX_IDP_SQL_API_CONFORMANCE
AFX_IDP_SQL_BOOKMARKS_NOT_ENABLED
AFX_IDP_SQL_BOOKMARKS_NOT_SUPPORTED
AFX_IDP_SQL_CONNECT_FAIL
AFX_IDP_SQL_DATA_TRUNCATED
AFX_IDP_SQL_DYNAMIC_CURSOR_NOT_SUPPORTED
AFX_IDP_SQL_DYNASET_NOT_SUPPORTED
AFX_IDP_SQL_EMPTY_COLUMN_LIST
AFX_IDP_SQL_FIELD_NOT_FOUND
AFX_IDP_SQL_FILED_SCHEMA_MISMATCH
AFX_IDP_SQL_ILLEGAL_MODE
AFX_IDP_SQL_INCORRECT_ODBC
AFX_IDP_SQL_LOCK_MODE_NOT_SUPPORTED
AFX_IDP_SQL_MULTIPLE_ROWS_AFFECTED
AFX_IDP_SQL_NO_CURRENT_RECORD
AFX_IDP_SQL_NO_DATA_FOUND
AFX_IDP_SQL_NO_POSITIONED_UPDATES
AFX_IDP_SQL_NO_ROWS_AFFECTED
AFX_IDP_SQL_ODBC_LOAD_FAILED
AFX_IDP_SQL_ODBC_V2_REQUIRED
AFX_IDP_SQL_RECORDSET_FORWARD_ONLY
AFX_IDP_SQL_RECORDSET_READONLY
AFX_IDP_SQL_ROW_FETCH
AFX_IDP_SQL_ROW_UPDATE_NOT_SUPPORTED
AFX_IDP_SQL_SNAPSHOT_NOT_SUPPORTED
AFX_IDP_SQL_SQL_CONFORMANCE
AFX_IDP_SQL_SQL_NO_TOTAL
AFX_IDP_SQL_UPDATE_DELETE_FAILED
MFC Windows Programming
These symbols are also part of the MFC support files, but they support standard Windows application functions and actions. These symbols are used with menus.
When you're working with menus in the Menu Editor, these symbols will appear in the Property window associated with common menu commands. For instance, if your application has a File menu with an Exit command, that command will be associated with the symbol ID_APP_EXIT in the Properties window.
ID_APP_ABOUT
ID_APP_EXIT
ID_APPLY_NOW
ID_CONTEXT_HELP
ID_DEFAULT_HELP
ID_EDIT_CLEAR_ALL
ID_EDIT_CLEAR
ID_EDIT_COPY
ID_EDIT_CUT
ID_EDIT_FIND
ID_EDIT_PASTE_LINK
ID_EDIT_PASTE_SPECIAL
ID_EDIT_PASTE
ID_EDIT_REDO
ID_EDIT_REPEAT
ID_EDIT_REPLACE
ID_EDIT_SELECT_ALL
ID_EDIT_UNDO
ID_FILE_CLOSE
ID_FILE_MRU_FILE1
ID_FILE_MRU_FILE10
ID_FILE_MRU_FILE11
ID_FILE_MRU_FILE12
ID_FILE_MRU_FILE13
ID_FILE_MRU_FILE14
ID_FILE_MRU_FILE15
ID_FILE_MRU_FILE16
ID_FILE_MRU_FILE2
ID_FILE_MRU_FILE3
ID_FILE_MRU_FILE4
ID_FILE_MRU_FILE5
ID_FILE_MRU_FILE6
ID_FILE_MRU_FILE7
ID_FILE_MRU_FILE8
ID_FILE_MRU_FILE9
ID_FILE_MRU_FIRST
ID_FILE_MRU_LAST
ID_FILE_NEW_FRAME
ID_FILE_NEW
ID_FILE_OPEN
ID_FILE_PAGE_SETUP
ID_FILE_PRINT_DIRECT
ID_FILE_PRINT_PREVIEW
ID_FILE_PRINT_SETUP
ID_FILE_PRINT
ID_FILE_SAVE_AS
ID_FILE_SAVE_COPY_AS
ID_FILE_SAVE
ID_FILE_SEND_MAIL
ID_FILE_UPDATE
ID_FORMAT_FONT
ID_HELP_FINDER
ID_HELP_INDEX
ID_HELP_USING
ID_HELP
ID_INDICATOR_CAPS
ID_INDICATOR_EXT
ID_INDICATOR_KANA
ID_INDICATOR_NUM
ID_INDICATOR_OVR
ID_INDICATOR_REC
ID_INDICATOR_SCRL
ID_NEXT_PANE
ID_OLE_EDIT_CHANGE_ICON
ID_OLE_EDIT_CONVERT
ID_OLE_EDIT_LINKS
ID_OLE_EDIT_PROPERTIES
ID_OLE_INSERT_NEW
ID_OLE_VERB_FIRST
ID_PREV_PANE
ID_REC_FIRST
ID_RECORD_LAST
ID_RECORD_NEXT
ID_RECORD_PREV
ID_SEPARATOR
ID_VIEW_AUTOARRANGE
ID_VIEW_BYNAME
ID_VIEW_DETAILS
ID_VIEW_LARGEICON
ID_VIEW_LINEUP
ID_VIEW_LIST
ID_VIEW_REBAR
ID_VIEW_SMALLICON
ID_VIEW_STATUS_BAR
ID_VIEW_TOOLBAR
ID_WINDOW_ARRANGE
ID_WINDOW_CASCADE
ID_WINDOW_NEW
ID_WINDOW_SPLIT
ID_WINDOW_TILE_HORIZ
ID_WINDOW_TILE_VERT
ID_WIZBACK
ID_WIZFINISH
ID_WIZNEXT
IDABORT
IDC_STATIC
IDCANCEL
IDD_ABOUTBOX
IDIGNORE
IDNO
IDOK
IDP_OLE_INIT_FAILED
IDRETRY
IDYES
Requirements
MFC
See also
Predefined Symbol IDs
ATL Predefined Symbols
Win32 Predefined Symbols
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