What C++ syntax is this?

[benzpinto]

Hi guys, this is my first post. I've been learning C++ for about a year and now started to learn windows API using MFC. Here i found a syntax that i don't recall ever seeing in C++:

void MySideApp::OnButton1()
{
((MyMainApp *)AfxGetApp())->m_Missile.Launch();
}

Is this some sort of a pointer method that i've missed out in C++:
(MyMainApp *)AfxGetApp()


Thanks in advance,
Ben

[jsmith]

It is casting the return value of AfxGetApp() to a MyMainApp*, then calling Launch() on data member m_Missile.

[benzpinto]

Now i see!
It didn't occur to me earlier that type casting can be used for function return value.

Thanks, jsmith! :)