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by Alan Oursland

We want to create a new project based on SimpleMFC. We can either repeat the process described above (not my favorite - I won't remember all of those steps), or we can copy the existing one. Copy the entire directory for SimpleMFC into its parent directory. You should get a new directory with the name "Copy of SimpleMFC". Change the name of this directory to "SimpleExtMFC". Delete any object files and executables you may have copied (or just delete the "Debug" and "Release" directories if they exist).

Change the names of all of the files containing SimpleMFC to SimpleExtMFC. The easiest way to do this is in a DOS prompt. Set the prompt to the new directory and type "rename SimpleMFC*.* SimpleExtMFC*.*". Do the same in the "res" directory.

Do not open the project file yet. In Developer Studio, do an "Edit-Find In Files" for SimpleMFC. Be sure to set the search location to the new directory. Search all file types (*.*). Do not match whole word only. You will find matches in the following files:

Replace all instances of SimpleMFC with SimpleExtMFC in these files. (You can actually delete SimpleExtMFC.clw. This is the classwizard file, and will be rebuilt if you delete it.) Open each file and use the Replace menu to replace all instances. (Hint: if you press F3, the first occurrence of SimpleMFC will become highlighted, which makes using the Find and Replace dialog much easier.) Save all of the files and open your brand new project.