Inside Visual C++: With CDROM (Microsoft Programming Series) [Paperback]

David J Kruglinski (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1997 | Series: Microsoft Programming Series

In addition, INSIDE VISUAL C++, Fifth Edition, delivers authoritative guidance on:
-- Fundamentals -- GDI, event handling, dialog boxes, memory management, SDI and MDI, printing, and help
-- Advanced topics-multithreading, DIBs, ODBC, and DLLs
-- COM -- creating document objects, ActiveX "TM" controls, and components; automation; and using wizards and compiler extensions that support COM
-- C++ programming for the Internet -- Windows "RM" Sockets, MFC WinInet, and ISAPI extension programs for Microsoft Internet Information Server

An enclosed CD-ROM contains valuable sample source code and sample applications developed for the book?all of which makes this volume an indispensable tool that every professional will keep close at hand.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Programming Microsoft Visual C++ reveals the structures and systems that make Windows programs work. If you know C well and are at all familiar with C++, this latest version of a classic text is an excellent springboard into programming for Microsoft Windows.

This book is sure to reveal new information to those with Windows programming experience--most of which has to do with the new tools available to Windows programmers. The authors explain COM and Active Template Library (ATL). In learning about those things, you absorb information about ActiveX technologies, database programming, and Microsoft's Internet facilities. Additionally, this guide is still the best around for those who want to put well-behaved windows on the screen, fill them with controls, and have them perform useful functions. Illumination of the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) has traditionally been this book's strong point, and the coverage of MFC 6 in this edition upholds the tradition.

Throughout, illustrative code translates well to real-world projects (particularly since it all appears on a companion CD-ROM). Each example tackles a particular task, such as how to use a persistent frame window class or how to refer to the contents of Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs). --David Wall --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

George Shepherd is an expert on the Microsoft .NET Framework and develops some of the industry's leading third-party .NET-based tools. He is the coauthor of several popular programming books, an instructor for DevelopMentor, a speaker at industry conferences, and has served as a contributing editor for MSDN® Magazine. He's been programming with Windows since version 2.0, in the 1980s.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 940 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; 4 Sub edition (June 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572315652
• ISBN-13: 978-1572315655
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,927,355 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Advanced Tutorial on VC++ Environment (with AppWizard + MFC), January 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Programming Microsoft Visual C++ (Paperback)

I Just picked up the book from a half price bookstore. It's one of the best buys I made in recent months. The writing style is concise and their explanations extremely clear. A "must buy" for anyone who wants to dive into Win32 programming using MFC. However this is not a book for everyone. It is ideal for intermediate programmers.

I'm an experienced C/C++ programmer who wants a quick way of learning VC++ and the Visual Studio 6.0 Development Environment. And this is THE BOOK! I would also recommend the book for seasoned XWindows/Motif programmers who need to learn the popular MFC Windows application framework for porting their applications. It covers in breadth (but not in great details) many topics related to the Win32 environment: Document-View Architecture, ActiveX, COM, ATL, ODBC, Winsock, etc. In essence, it gives a nice capability overview of the VC++ 6.0 development tools.

Like some negative reviews posted earlier, I have to warn that the ideal readers should have some prior knowledge about Win32 API or at least some prior exposure to event-driven programming style (Smalltalk experience, also a plus.) A nice companion book for Win32 programming is: "Windows 98 Programming from the Ground Up" by Herbert Schildt. It gives C programmers better understanding of the Win32 API underlying MFC.

This is NOT an introductory text, NOR an in-depth reference. It is a comprehensive tutorial that is extremely well written and enjoyable for seasoned programmers who are new to the Win32 environment. I can't wait to start learning DirectX SDK after reading this book. :-)

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too much material, too shallow..., October 20, 1999

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Tomaz Stih ([e-mail]) (Ljubljana, Slovenia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Programming Microsoft Visual C++ (Paperback)

This book tries to cover topics, that are too complex to cover in 30-40 pages. For example when talking about multithreaded programming you could write a book of that size about it and there would still be question marks left to reader. Same applies to database programming, COM and other topics.

For a beginner it demands too much insight, for experience programmer it only scratches the surface. I guess the right group for this book are intermediate programmers. Those who have written application or two and read about some technology (for example COM) but never done it for real. They can use this book as a good introduction to some topic that saves them from reading 200+ pages of marketing driven MSDN docs to get the basics - but not as a reference, neither as an "in depth" source of information...

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great way to learn MFC and VC++, January 8, 2001

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Jonathan D. Decarlo (Thomaston, Connecticut USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Programming Microsoft Visual C++ (Paperback)

If you are trying to learn Windows programming using the MFC library, then this book is a great place to start. The book covers a lot of material and discusses how to put Visual C++ to work for you in the process. This book does, however, move fairly quickly. It is easy to follow and understand, but it sometimes skips some details that may be of interest. Therefore, I recommend using this book to learn MFC, but also have a copy of Jeff Prosise's "Programming Windows with MFC." Prosise's book is hands-down the best MFC book on the market, but it is so detailed that it is hard to read it from cover-to-cover. So, when you read this book and feel like you want to know more about the topic you just read, look to Prosise's book for more information. The two books make a great team.