Professional MFC with Vc++5 Programming with CDROM [Paperback]

Mike Blaszczak (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997

Professional MFC with Visual C++ 5, is the latest revision of the book formerly known as The Revolutionary Guide to MFC 4 Programming with Visual Mike has taken note of feedback received from the readers of previous editions, and combined it with material on the new MFC classes, to make this the ultimate technique reference for MFC 4.21. This book has been designed to give you, the Windows developer, an edge when you develop applications using some of the interesting and powerful features that MFC has to offer.

* Microsoft Developer Studio and the Wizards unraveled
* Comprehensive explanation of MFC's document/view architecture
* Learn how to tweak your applications to perfection
* MFC support for the Windows common controls described in full
* Discover how to write safe, secure, multithreaded applications
* Compound document servers and containers explained
* Find out how to program ActiveX controls and control containers
* Use MFC to implement Internet client and server functionality

Product Details

• Paperback: 1060 pages
• Publisher: Wrox Press (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861000146
• ISBN-13: 978-1861000149
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 2.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,273,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Jumbled as an overview. Incomplete as a reference., December 15, 1998

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This review is from: Professional MFC with Vc++5 Programming with CDROM (Paperback)

If this book is the best there is, it is only for lack of good competition. Blaszczak has great knowledge of how windows and MFC work inside and out, but his programming and teaching styles are less than masterful. This book is best used as a reference, but I rarely even consult it as such as the online help is more informative and the book contains few novel ideas. As an overview of MFC the book fail miserably, failing to present good techniques for incorporating MFC into a project. A good example of this lack of insight is in his presentation of tree controls. He discusses the API in detail (though less than the help) but fails to present a useful paradigm for maintaining a tree control along side data in a program. A would be example along these lines (though not an elegant one) is cut short and followed with a paragraph about how recursion is tricky and confusing. A less critical problem with this book is all of the blather about hokey and other irrelevant things. At times the book seems aimed at highschool programming students who would drift off if not for his down-to-earth asides. This despite the word professional in bold on the cover...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Professional, read the title, April 4, 2001

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Freddie Richard "Bubba Richard" (Cleveland, Tx USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Professional MFC with Vc++5 Programming with CDROM (Paperback)

This book is one of the most helpful and informative books on MFC there is, no you don't have to be a expert to read it but you do need some good foundation knowledge of MFC to understand it. as for the dips that give it 1 star, if you notice they complain about the most basic elements such as working with check boxes, placing checks in checkboxes, sorry people but that's beginning MFC not PROFESSIONAL

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best MFC book available!, April 15, 1999

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CrCr "[e-mail]" (Grove City, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Professional MFC with Vc++5 Programming with CDROM (Paperback)

Thanks Mike! I spend over $1000 every year on new books too. This book frustrated me at first when I knew nothing about MFC and little more than Petzold's well written text. But after scouring other MFC books and learning the DevStudio, this book proved invaluable. It is not a book for beginners, but every experienced C++ programmer developing in Windows must have this book. Mike's style is relaxed, accurate, thorough yet entertaining. His coverage of the Multi Doc-View architecture is great! I also loved the discussion on customizing menus and controls on the fly. This book paid for itself many of thousands of times over. Caution: if you own any book with "for Dummies" in the title, this book is not for you.