(The "class hierarchy diagram" in the reference is to facilitate searching for the base classes of a class. The MFC reference does not generally describe functions or operators through inheritance. For information on these functions, refer to the base class information for that class in the class hierarchy diagram. The documentation for each class includes: the synthesis of the class, the variety of class members, and the basic use of the member functions, overloaded operators, or data members. Only write instructions for the use of public and protected class members under normal circumstances in a program or derived class. For a complete list of class members, refer to the class's header file.
Detailed MFC class library.chm)