Power GUI Programming with Visual Age (TM) for C++ [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Hiroshi Tsuji (Author), Bob Love (Author), William Law (Author), Bruce Olson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 16, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0471164828 | ISBN-13: 978-0471164821

From the developers of the IBM Open Class Library, the most complete programming resource available for both Windows and OS/2 programmers

Destined to become the VisualAge for C++ bible for programmers and developers, this invaluable book/CD-ROM set clearly describes how to use Open Class Library to develop applications with modern graphical user interfaces. You'll get the kind of practical, detailed information that could only come from the hands-on experience of the developers of the IBM Open Class Library. You'll discover how to produce better applications more quickly and easily with less code.

The CD-ROM includes:
* 140 example programs using VisualAge for C++
* VisualAge for C++ trial copy

This valuable guide:
* Explains how to build programs that run on Windows and OS/2 with little change to your source code
* Describes advanced control, including container, notebook, and tool bar
* Discusses enabling your application for Direct Manipulation
* Explains how to use separate threads of execution to maintain a responsive user interface
* Covers using Dynamic Data Exchange to communicate between applications
* Shows how to use the advanced layout or canvas classes to build views that automatically adjust to changes in font, national language, or display resolution
* Includes debugging techniques, performance tuning guidelines, and potential pitfalls to avoid

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

VisualAge C++ is becoming one of the most used object-oriented development platforms. Written by the IBM development team, this book is truly the VisualAge C++ bible for programmers and developers. It will also cover porting programs written for other operation systems to Windows, multimedia, 2-D graphics, and internationalization issues. Includes CD-ROM with... * 120 executable programs using VisualAge C++ * Shareware and multimedia tutorials.

From the Back Cover

From the developers of the IBM Open Class Library, the most complete programming resource available for both Windows and OS/2 programmers

Destined to become the VisualAge for C++ bible for programmers and developers, this invaluable book/CD-ROM set clearly describes how to use Open Class Library to develop applications with modern graphical user interfaces. You'll get the kind of practical, detailed information that could only come from the hands-on experience of the developers of the IBM Open Class Library. You'll discover how to produce better applications more quickly and easily with less code.

The CD-ROM includes:
* 140 example programs using VisualAge for C++
* VisualAge for C++ trial copy

This valuable guide:
* Explains how to build programs that run on Windows and OS/2 with little change to your source code
* Describes advanced control, including container, notebook, and tool bar
* Discusses enabling your application for Direct Manipulation
* Explains how to use separate threads of execution to maintain a responsive user interface
* Covers using Dynamic Data Exchange to communicate between applications
* Shows how to use the advanced layout or canvas classes to build views that automatically adjust to changes in font, national language, or display resolution
* Includes debugging techniques, performance tuning guidelines, and potential pitfalls to avoid

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Product Details

• Paperback: 800 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (December 16, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471164828
• ISBN-13: 978-0471164821
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.7 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,143,400 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE Book on programming with IBM's OCL, March 17, 2000

By 

Rick Alther (Southbury, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Power GUI Programming with Visual Age (TM) for C++ (Paperback)

There are very few books on programming with IBMs Open Class Library (OCL), but this one is absolutely superb. It cover every major class in detail and how to use it along with excellent examples. It also covers cross-platform issues (OS/2 and Win32) which the OCL was designed to solve.

If you do any programming at all with the OCL, especially GUI programming, then this book must be at your side at all times. The OCL docs are shallow and sometimes flat out wrong. This book shines a light into an otherwise dark area.

The one drawback of this book is that it is a bit dated now as it covers VisualAge for C++ 3.0 (0S/2) and 3.5 (Win32) instead of the more recent 4.0 (maybe a new edition is in the future? Hint, hint to the authors!) Also, this book was written before most of the fixpaks were released, so some of the information in it is now wrong (e.g. OS/2 now supports the four template handler classes as of fixpak 7).

5.0 out of 5 stars Setting the record straight, January 23, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Power GUI Programming with Visual Age (TM) for C++ (Paperback)

Some of those other reviews are completely off base. This is a great book, albeit targetting a very narrow, and arguably irrelevant, subject matter.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of Money !, January 21, 2000

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Dan Fly (the US of A) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Power GUI Programming with Visual Age (TM) for C++ (Paperback)

This is one of the worst book I've ever read in my life ! The author fails to explain the details of the algorithm, spends too much time on irrelevant issues. Apparetly, he doesn't really care to teach anything to anybody or he doesn't know the subject well. If you want to waste your money, this is the book to get it !