Visual C++ 5 Unleashed [Paperback]

Viktor Toth (Author)

Book Description

Series: Unleashed | Publication Date: June 1997

This is the perfect book for advanced Visual C++ programmers. Its 1,100 pages explore the most advanced topics while its enclosed CD-ROM allows the user to quickly learn by working through the programs in the book. It not only covers the new release of Visual C++ and its capabilities but also teaches LAN programming, OLE, DLLs, OLE Automation, and how to update old programs to the new version of Visual C++.
-- Explores the capabilities of the new Visual C++ release
-- Provides extensive information on such advanced topics as I/O timers, LAN Programming, and Windows 95
-- Enclosed CD-ROM contains source code and illustrative programs from the book

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Programmers tend to be book junkies. If you're a C++ programmer, Visual C++ 5 Unleashed is an excellent investment that you'll use again and again. Designed to be a how-to compendium on a wide range of important topics, this 1,000-page book is aimed specifically at experienced C++ programmers.

Using a consistent and effective presentation, this book introduces basic and advanced topics and shows you how to implement these topics with complete application source codes. Each of the book's nine parts includes several chapters that cover each category completely. The book begins with a description of the Visual C++ development system and then presents the windows architecture, Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), OLE, database programming, coding for network protocols such as TCP/IP, and multimedia topics. This guide also features information on building context-sensitive help and extending the environment with custom AppWizards.

The included CD-ROM contains the sample source code presented in the book as well as some useful debugging utilities. One of the strong points of this tutorial is the completeness of its code; all code snippets in the text are part of complete applications, which are all included on the CD-ROM. This should rank as a must-have weapon in a C++ programmer's arsenal.

From the Publisher

This is the perfect book for advanced Visual C++ programmers. Its 1,100 pages explore the most advanced topics while its enclosed CD-ROM allows the user to quickly learn by working through the programs in the book. It not only covers the new release of Visual C++ and its capabilities but also teaches LAN programming, OLE, DLLs, OLE Automation, and how to update old programs to the new version of Visual C++. - Explores the capabilities of the new Visual C++ release

- Provides extensive information on such advanced topics as I/O timers, LAN Programming, and Windows 95

- CD-ROM contains source code and illustrative programs from the book

Product Details

• Paperback: 1069 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Sams Publishing; 2 Sub edition (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672310139
• ISBN-13: 978-0672310133
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,045,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Viktor Toth a Hungarian-Canadian software developer and author of computer books. He also works on some problems in theoretical physics. For more information, please visit his personal Web site at http://www.vttoth.com/.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Also shows you what is underneath MFC, April 28, 2000

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This review is from: Visual C++ 5 Unleashed (Paperback)

Unlike some other reviewers I do not find it problematic that this book covers quite a number of different subjects. It has nearly 1000 pages so it has room enough! I found that the examples were short, consice and usually very illustrative. The code snippets were easy to set up/copy and this made me type in quite a few of them!

What I liked especially, and what is seldomly found in other books of this nature is that the started the book with creating Windows programs from scratch without using MFC. And a lot of times when introducing new MFC- concepts MFC-threads, MFC-Internet classes, the author first shows us the "Core Windows way" of doing things.

Mainly because the authors ability to explain what happens underneath I feel this book is worth reading.

I really loved writing windows-NT services in plain c++ - Without a single component!

Terje

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a very good book, April 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Visual C++ 5 Unleashed (Paperback)

a very good boo

1.0 out of 5 stars Good IF you want a superficial review of a LOT of topics, January 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Visual C++ 5 Unleashed (Paperback)

First, let me note that the book is about 1000 pages long, and has 53 chapters. What does this mean? It means the author has talked about a LOT of topics, but as superficially as possible. I read this book and thought MFC was extremely complicated. I thought windows programming was extremely complicated. I thought I was stupid for not understanding it! But the author made one (and only one) good point. He said that one should understand the Windows API before starting MFC. I read the reviews of Petzold's _Programming Windows 95_ and bought it. It is the best book I have ever read on the topic, and is so clear and easy to understand. Another good book that is specifically about MFC is _Programming Windows 95 with MFC_ by Prosise. I think Petzold is better, though. :)

A word to the wise: be wary of books that have the name of a compiler in the title. I learned this the hard way!!