Special Edition Using Visual C++.NET [Paperback]

Kate Gregory (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 27, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0789724669 | ISBN-13: 978-0789724663 | Edition: 1

Special Edition Using Visual C++.NET is a comprehensive resource to help readers leverage the exciting new features of Visual C++.NET as well as port their existing skills to the new .NET development environment. The book shows how both Win32 and .NET applications work, not only instructing the reader in the use of Microsoft's Visual C++ wizards, but also showing what the wizards create. A variety of programming tasks from simple dialog boxes to database and Internet programming are included. Because of the new .NET platform developers in any of 17 languages (including Visual C++) will use the same class libraries to construct high-performance applications. SE Using Visual C++.NET will not only cover the new version of the software but also how to get maximum programming results from combining several languages into one project. Related technologies such as XML and XSLT are also covered, along with integrating Visual C++ code with Visual Basic and C# code.

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Special Edition Using Visual C++.NET is a comprehensive resource to help readers leverage the exciting new features of Visual C++.NET as well as port their existing skills to the new .NET development environment. The book shows how both Win32 and .NET applications work, not only instructing the reader in the use of Microsoft's Visual C++ wizards, but also showing what the wizards create. A variety of programming tasks from simple dialog boxes to database and Internet programming are included. Because of the new .NET platform developers in any of 17 languages (including Visual C++) will use the same class libraries to construct high-performance applications. SE Using Visual C++.NET will not only cover the new version of the software but also how to get maximum programming results from combining several languages into one project. Related technologies such as XML and XSLT are also covered, along with integrating Visual C++ code with Visual Basic and C# code.

About the Author

Kate Gregory is a founding partner of Gregory Consulting Limited (www.gregcons.com), which has been providing consulting and development services throughout North America since 1986. Her experience with C++ stretches back to before Visual C++ existed¿and she enthusiastically converted upon seeing the first release. Gregory Consulting develops software and Web sites, and specializes in combining the two to create active sites. The firm, which has grown to ten people, builds quality custom and off-the-shelf software components for Web pages and other applications, and consults on Internet and intranet topics for clients in government and small- to medium-sized firms.

Kate teaches and writes on a variety of related topics, including .NET, XML, C++, object-oriented techniques, and UML. She also speaks at conferences, including Microsoft Developer Days, on topics of interest to the Visual C++ community, and serves as the MSDN Regional Director for Toronto. (MSDN is an outreach program for developers who use Microsoft tools.) Her books for Que include Using UseNet Newsgroups, Building Internet Applications with Visual C++, and three previous editions of Special Edition Using Visual C++. She has also contributed to four other books for Que. Kate welcomes mail at [e-mail] and provides updates and bonus chapters for this book at the usingvisualc.net Web site.

Product Details

• Paperback: 784 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1 edition (April 27, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789724669
• ISBN-13: 978-0789724663
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,381,707 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars never really got off the ground..., November 3, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Special Edition Using Visual C++.NET (Paperback)

I bought this book because I was desperate to learn VC++ and the most current version of Visual Studio while I was at it. I consider myself to be a good C++ programmer, but feel lost when it comes to VisualC++. The book started off okay: she walks you through some simple SDI (Single Document Interface) programs. Unfortunately, she starts using the Wizard right away and I couldn't understand much of the code that it generates. She tries to explain some of the Wizard code, but it was never good enough for me. I quickly got lost and never seemed to recover. If you're the type of programmer who doesn't need to understand everything and can cope with tweaking existing programs to see how things work, then this book can work for you. If you're like me on the otherhand and tend to get lost in other people's code very easily, this book might not be the best. After reading only a few chapters, I gave up.

I think I've found a good book for total VC++ beginners like me: "Introduction to MFC programming" by Richard M. Jones. The major problem I have with Jones' book is that it uses an old version of Visual C++ and therefore, there's no .NET stuff. I've had to make some changes to the code in Jones' book to get my programs to work, but if I can figure out the necessary changes, so can you. Maybe that's one good thing about Kate Gregory's book: her code always works, and you get to use the latest version of Visual Studio.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not really VC++.NET..., March 23, 2004

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Brian Maula "Brian" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Special Edition Using Visual C++.NET (Paperback)

The book, at first surprised me with the title. I first thought that is is a book on VC++.NET 2003, I was surprised to find out that it focuses on MFC. However, I don't take that away from the book. The book starts off with MFC, while I don't agree, it has its reasons. Managed code abstracts a lot of the low-level COM programming for you, to really build Win32 apps, you need to know MFC/COM first. Managed code is built-up from MFC/COM, and in Visual C++.NET, you're going to need to use both MFC/COM and .NET.

Good things? Unlike the Osborne book, it doesn't spend 2/3 of the book explaining C++ concepts. The bad thing? It's more of a "How to" on VC++.NET usage rather than writing managed code. Would I recommend it? Depends. If you're looking for just managed code, no. But if you want to learn MFC fundamentals and then move up to managed code, then I'd say yes. Even though I bought the book mistakening the title for something it's not, it will remain in my library because of its value in unmanaged and managed coding.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars MFC, January 3, 2006

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KB (Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Special Edition Using Visual C++.NET (Paperback)

Save your money. It's mostly about MFC and there are much, much better books out there about MFC. The references to the .NET platform are too casual to be of much value.