Microsoft Visual J++ 6.0 Developer's Workshop (Microsoft Programming Series) [Paperback]

Shannon Dunn (Author), D Shannon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1998 | Series: Microsoft Programming Series

Microsoft Visual J++ 6.0 Developer's Workshop delivers the tools and mentoring you need to build more-powerful Windows solutions - faster. Dive into version 6.0 enhancements, using Windows Foundation Classes (WFC) to bring Win32 functionality to Java. As you move from basic to advanced topics, you'll find smart solutions to typical "how-to" questions - learning how to build everything from an ActiveX control to a COM-server - driven application.

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Amazon.com Review

After taking a quick look at the Visual J++ 6 programming environment, this book jumps right in with building simple applications, showing off features such as forms, menus, and status bars that are part of most Windows applications. (The author goes even further with some material on HTML-based help systems and drag-and-drop support.) Next the book explains how to use basic Windows controls and the Windows Foundation Classes (WFC) used to encapsulate their functionality. Details on more advanced controls such as TreeView and ListView follow.

Instead of a comprehensive tour of every control and feature, the author concentrates on what you need to get started with Visual J++ right away and then gets into basic database programming, including grid controls. Later sections of the book focus on creating custom WFC controls. (Since Visual J++ manages the difficulty here, you can write WFC controls without mastering the details of ActiveX.)

The final chapter presents a very useful case study for an inventory database for an online book company. --Richard Dragan

Product Details

• Paperback: 450 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572319259
• ISBN-13: 978-1572319257
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,154,690 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must buy for J++ solution developers, August 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Microsoft Visual J++ 6.0 Developer's Workshop (Microsoft Programming Series) (Paperback)

Java SDK purist, stay away from this book. Also if you don't know Java or C++ syntax, stay away This book isn't for the beginner J++ developer. The points in this workshop touch on J++ NOT Java. This book will focus on the WFC,ODBC db, and COM. All MS staples. Don't expect to get anything pertaining to Java SDK in this. I found the examples helpful, especially the COM example. The simpliest implementation I've ever seen.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very good book on J++ 6.0, May 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Microsoft Visual J++ 6.0 Developer's Workshop (Microsoft Programming Series) (Paperback)

If you are looking for a book on J++ 6.0, this book is hard to beat. It covers all the bread-and-butter topics that are required in order to write fully functional applications that are typically used in corporations.

Of course, it is very Microsoft-centric, but then so is J++.

On the downside, it did not cover a topic that I had hoped it would. I saw no information concerning writing custom controls (complete with custom property editors, events, etc) that are then added to the toolbox for use as standard controls in my other WFC applications.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amendment to my previous review, February 23, 1999

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This review is from: Microsoft Visual J++ 6.0 Developer's Workshop (Microsoft Programming Series) (Paperback)

Previously I rated this book as a 4 instead of a 5 due to what I incorrectly perceived as a lack of coverage of database programming techniques. Upon re-reading Chapter 10, which contains an in-depth ado example, I now believe that this book deserves a rating of 5. In other words, this book contains many useful examples, including non-databound-control database programming examples.