Projects & code have unnecessary dependency on MFC

[Chet-Simpson-ATI]

Even though the projects do not utilize MFC all resource files are referencing afxres.h for their Windows resource specific symbolics and afxwin.h for functionality. These header files and the associated libraries are part of MFC which is not included in newer versions of Visual Studio and thus may not be installed. Since there is no real dependency on MFC libraries (except for AfxInitRichEdit which should be changeD) use of those header files should be changed.

This should be changed to use winres.h and windows.h respectively to remove the dependency and allow easier building with newer versions of VS and other platforms (cross compile from GCC).

[BGPierce]

Will this change break WindowsXP compatibility?

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[ejaquay]

AfxInitRichEdit is used in the tape dialog to set font in text boxes. It looks like this could be changed. Doubt it would have any effect on WindowsXP. Sounds like a someday project.