I'm working on a c++ MFC project that makes use of the Multiple Document Interface and was originally created about 10 years ago. I've managed to port it to Visual Studio 2013, but I'm getting stuck on updating the GUI to something more modern like the ribbon design without having to copy the code to a newly created project.
I've researched a few links, like the scribble example from Microsoft and this link but they all seem very vague and hard to follow. Should I bite the bullet and create a new project with the ribbon design GUI or is there a smarter way to get a modern MFC based GUI?
I recently ported a VS6 MFC project to have a ribbon an I'm struggling for months now to get it stable. If I had known, I would have created a new project and re-think program and interface logic from the scratch, i.e. using dialog panes or caption boxes instead of using modal dialogs. There are many alternatives. See the MFC samples (first to mention RibbonGadgets) for ideas how to redesign the UI. This is also a chance to better separate UI and business logic than in the average legacy MFC code.