Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++ 6 in 24 Hours [Paperback]

Mickey Williams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 13, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0672313030 | ISBN-13: 978-0672313035 | Edition: 1

The purpose of the book is to give novices the knowledge to begin using Visual C++ 6 at a low price point without sacraficing the content or quality. The proven elements of the Teach Yourself in 24 hours series make this book the most efficient way to learn Visual C++.Teach Yourself Visual C++ 6 in 24 Hours teaches the reader how to program Visual C++ applications in 24 lessons that can each be completed in about an hour each.Users will learn Visual C++ through the elements of the Teach Yourself series. Readers can look forward to learning about all of the various components of Visuall C++, the Developer Studio, creating C++ probrams, Property Pages and Property Sheets, Object-oriented design, and more.

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Amazon.com Review

Mickey Williams's Teach Yourself Visual C++ 6 in 24 Hours is a worthy addition to the Sams 24-hour series. In two dozen short and digestible sections, the author gives a "greatest hits" tour of some of the most important features in Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), along with what's new in Visual C++ 6. Along the way, this title also manages to review the basics of the C++ programming language.

Early lessons concentrate on building simple MFC programs using basic dialog box controls like buttons, edit controls, list boxes, and combo boxes. Using real code examples, the author moves to the basics of MFC document/view architecture (always a difficult topic to present clearly), menus, and Graphical Device Interface (GDI) graphics programming.

Williams then discusses several common controls (first introduced in Windows 95) for building more sophisticated user interfaces. The advanced section of this tutorial provides an introduction to viewing Dynamic HTML with MFC Web controls. All in all, this group of tutorials is concise and extremely useful for anyone new to MFC control programming.

The book closes with some material on using dialog boxes as application windows (using form views) and the basics of targeting ActiveX controls within Visual C++ 6. It doesn't tell you everything there is to know (no mention of database classes or C++ templates), but if you want a quick introduction that covers some significant technical turf, you'll like this efficiently presented title. -- Richard Dragan

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The purpose of the book is to give novices the knowledge to begin using Visual C++ 6 at a low price point without sacraficing the content or quality. The proven elements of the Teach Yourself in 24 hours series make this book the most efficient way to learn Visual C++.Teach Yourself Visual C++ 6 in 24 Hours teaches the reader how to program Visual C++ applications in 24 lessons that can each be completed in about an hour each.Users will learn Visual C++ through the elements of the Teach Yourself series. Readers can look forward to learning about all of the various components of Visuall C++, the Developer Studio, creating C++ probrams, Property Pages and Property Sheets, Object-oriented design, and more.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (August 13, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672313030
• ISBN-13: 978-0672313035
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,297,020 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't confuse by the title!, August 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++ 6 in 24 Hours (Paperback)

First of all, you have to forget the "24 hours" tale. Do you really expect to learn Visual C++ in 24 hours? No one can. To be honest, this is not a bad book, but it does require at least begin-intermediate C++ level.

The first several chapters are just to help frersh your memory quickly, so you may want to skip it if you are really confident with C++. In the rest of the book, the author chooses a App-wizard approach, which can really help readers pick up Visual C++ within a relatively short period. The thing is you may also want to have another book for reference, like "Programming windows with MFC" by Jeff Prosise.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Should not have been published in the first place!, June 2, 2001

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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++ 6 in 24 Hours (Paperback)

This book is intended for beginners, or so it seems - but it doesn't explain things with sufficient clarity. Examples are given sparingly. When they are offered, they are not explained thoroughly. So this book fails miserably as a beginners' text. By chapter 3 or 4, you'd be screaming for help.

If this book is intended for more advanced users, it covers too much of beginners' stuff. It won't appeal to this group of users either.

So for whom is this book written? I don't know. Don't waste your money on this one.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for the good, January 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++ 6 in 24 Hours (Paperback)

You'll see mixed reviews like these on every programming book you see. People expect to read a book and come out on top. That's not how programming works. You have to learn by experience. Experimenting with the code that he gives you and adding in your own things is a great way to learn. If you want something that will hold your hand the whole way through, you're going to get a very large very expensive book, and end up being very dependent on it. Some things you must learn on your own, and this book lets you do that. C++ knowledge, however, is definitely a must for this book. Important C++ subjects are skimmed over and will need to be further explained and explored by the beginner.