Providing fast-paced, step-by-step tutorials on Visual C++ 6, Mueller provides readers with insight and direction for creating applications that are needed in today's enterprise environments.
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Learn how to build powerful, flexible applications & server utilitieswith Visual C++ 6!
Thanks to the advanced technologies of Microsoft's Visual C++ 6, you can now create powerful remote database applications, indispensable HTML view programs, and much more. This guide covers the gamut of Visual C++ application development, from building a broad range of application types to tightly packaging your apps for corporate delivery. You'll program your way from beginner to expert using Mueller's hands-on examples, easy-to-follow explanations, and exclusive "Portability" tips for migrating from earlier versions of Visual C++. As an extra find "In-Depth" boxes packed with critical insight throughout the book.
Learn from the best-selling author whose proven teaching methods have led thousands of programmers to success. You'll find everything you need to program professional applications in Visual C++6 from the Ground Up, Second Edition.
Inside, learn to:
- Write corporate database apps using ODBC, the new ActiveX Data Objects (ADO),and Object Linking and Embedding Database (OLE-DB).
- Fashion Web pages using ActiveX controls and documents, JavaScript scripts, and the Windows Scripting Host.
- Build powerful apps with the new HTML view and DHMTL.
- Produce ActiveX components using the Microsoft Foundation Classes and the ActiveXTemplate Library.
- Enhance your Web site and extend your server's capabilities using Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI) filters and extensions.
- Add context-sensitive help files and installation programs to the apps you create with this book.
- Learn how to package your applications for on-site delivery.
About the Author
John Mueller (La Valle, WI) is a freelance author and technical editor. He has written 46 books and almost 200 articles to date, on topics ranging from networking to artificial intelligence and from database management to heads-down programming. He is the author of Osborne's COM+ Developer's Guide.
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John Mueller is a freelance author and technical editor. He has writing in his blood, having produced 87 books and over 300 articles to date. The topics range from networking to artificial intelligence and from database management to heads down programming. His most recent book is "Windows Command Line Administration Instant Reference" (Sybex, ISBN: 978-0-470-65046-2). His technical editing skills have helped over 52 authors refine the content of their manuscripts. You can reach John on the Internet at JMueller@mwt.net and his Web site at: http://www.mwt.net/~jmueller/.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Ok book, wrong title.,
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This review is from: Visual C++ 6 from the Ground Up (Paperback)
This book reinforces the old adage that you can't judge a book by its cover. Emblazoned across the top of the cover is the phrase, "Open This Book as a Novice and Finish It as a Pro." If only that were true. This book focuses on the new features available under Visual C++ 6.0, and provides a great resource for learning those topics. Unfortunately, it seems to be schizophrenic in the topics it tackles. This is not an introductory book designed to teach you Visual C++ "from the Ground Up" as the title implies. The first part of the book is a verbose introduction to Visual C++. The second part focuses on ADO and ODBC database topics. The next one-third of the book focuses on Internet related topics, from designing a web page, through basic JavaScript, and finishes on IIS (Microsoft Internet Information Server). Later, Mueller delves into security issues. Next, Mueller explores creating help files, and HTML help files (this part of the book is worth its weight in gold). The last part focuses on packaging your application for distribution. While I can't deny that this book contains a lot of great information (once you get past the verbose introduction), it doesn't do what it sets out be-- an all-inclusive tutorial on Visual C++. I would go so far as to say that the title is intentionally misleading. Also, note that there is relatively little source code presented within the text. What it does not cover: basic controls, dialogs, windows messaging, DDX, owner drawn controls, document-view framework, or any basic MFC classes.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Misrepresented by the title,
This review is from: Visual C++ 6 from the Ground Up (Paperback)
I found this book to be very lacking and costing me more time than its worth. 'From the Ground UP' should mean just that. This is not from the ground up. I find that I am constantly having to do my own research in the Microsoft help in order to get the examples to work...way too many gaps in the text and bugs in the examples. I'm an experienced C++ programmer (but not Visual) and struggled with this book's lack of detail.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A Good Paper Weight ONLY,
This review is from: Visual C++ 6 from the Ground Up (Paperback)
This book taught me to read Amazon.com reviews before buying. I enjoyed Visual Basic From the Ground Up so much, that I quickly bought Visual C++ From the Ground Up when I found the title. Bad move... Nothing about this book was from the ground up. It was a waste of money and a waste of time. Save your money and your time, if you need a good basic C++ book try Ivor Horton's "Beginning Visual C++" And, read Amazon.com book reviews before you buy!
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