Programming Windows 95 with MFC: Create Programs for Windows Quickly with the Microsoft Foundation Class Library (Microsoft Programming Series) [Paperback]

Jeff Prosise (Author)

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Publication Date: June 1, 1996 | Series: Microsoft Programming Series

Microsoft Foundational Class (MFC) is becoming a hot new standard for programmers. This book authoritatively lays the foundation for developers using MFC. Just as Programming Windows has become a classic for all Windows programmers using C and SDK, this book will become a must-have for Windows programmers using C++ with MFC libraries.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 989 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (June 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556159021
• ISBN-13: 978-1556159022
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,660,267 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This is the "Petzold" of MFC, November 25, 1998

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Christophe Besant (Minnetrista, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Programming Windows 95 with MFC: Create Programs for Windows Quickly with the Microsoft Foundation Class Library (Microsoft Programming Series) (Paperback)

This is an excellent MFC beginner's book, and I still use it as a reference after 3 years of WIN32 MFC programming. Prosise writes clearly and he and/or his editors are good at organizing a book and creating a useful index. Furthermore, Prosise' code appears to all have been compiled and tested, unlike most of the book garbage out there.

This is a book for programmers seriously interested in learning to program for Windows 95/98 in MFC, not for people who don't even know how to run a C++ compiler or think programmers do any real work with the cheesy VC++ "wizards".

I would say that this is a "must have" MFC book for new MFC programmers, except that it is getting out of date. It doesn't have beans for coverage of the newer WIN32 common controls, anything on database programming (DAO/ADO), and basically doesn't cover MFC 4.2. For new purchasers, I would wait for the next edition, which was supposed to be out in the spring of 1998, (I have had it on back order for months). Many updates are greatly needed to cover programming for Windows 95, 98, and NT 4.0. In particular, Document/View GUI applications of any serious complexity frequently involve a database, so the lack of any coverage of DAO is pretty limiting.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for beginners and intermediate programmers!, December 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Programming Windows 95 with MFC: Create Programs for Windows Quickly with the Microsoft Foundation Class Library (Microsoft Programming Series) (Paperback)

I can't say enough good things about this book. All examples are very clear and the explainations are nothing short of wonderful.

Another thing I like is that the applications are built from scratch, not using the Visual C++ app wizard. This is a much better way for the beginner to learn MFC.

This book is a must have...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice , but overrated, April 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Programming Windows 95 with MFC: Create Programs for Windows Quickly with the Microsoft Foundation Class Library (Microsoft Programming Series) (Paperback)

Hmmmmmmmm, I've been puzzled by all those loving stories about this book . Well the good point(s) of this book are , that a lot of practically usefull topics are covered . Some of those even in some detail . But some of the more nasty features of the book , were that although Mr Prosise really made it an effort to copy petzold's style , he has unfortunately rarely succeeded .The example programs for instance are almost without exeption quite large , wich is annoying, if you just need a single feature .But the most frustrating thing is that many things are covered up to a certain level, which is really not that high. this leaves the reader guessing sometimes for vital further info about a certain feature, or quirk which you will undoubtebly encounter should U use code from the book pretty much as is . All in all , a nice introduction , but defintely not the final answer to you're windows hassles . and defintely not as good as the 'Petzold book ' .And not the book if you need to know the 'why' and the 'how' .