Supercharge Mfc: Gui Customization With Pseudo-Multiple Inheritance (Paperback)

by Jeffrey Scott Galbraith (Author)

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Supercharge your MFC development of enhanced Windows User Interface (UI) controls with pseudo-multiple inheritance. Multiple Inheritance is a powerful technique familiar to C++ programmers, but has limited usage in MFC and, sometimes with unexpected results. Pseudo-multiple inheritance is achieved through aggregate subclassing. Because message processing is the core of Windows programs, Galbraith uses a sophisticated, yet generic, message handler that can be used with any window ( eliminating the need for complicated MFC message maps. This subclassing method works directly with MFC objects. If MFC should do the work, it lets the message pass through; if you want your own class extensions to do the work, then the C++ wrappers handle the messages themselves. Galbraith shows you how these methods of pseudo-multiple inheritance make it easier to customize the performance and appearance of Windows controls, including: * A Device Independent Bitmap (DIB) API that can be used to extend the MFC CBitmap class* A Background class to display different backgrounds depending on whether the window has focus/activation or loses focus/activation. * A Caption class that provides sophisticated control over customized caption displays The CD-ROM contains all programming code, example programs that demonstrate the functionality of each class extension, and an API and Class Reference providing cross-references to all the code. Author Bio: Jeffery Scott Galbraith is a senior software developer for IDX Systems Inc, expert in C++, Visual C++, and MFC. He is an experienced teacher and programming consultant, currently engaged in web technology solutions for the Internet.

Product Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Publishers Group West (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087930569X
• ISBN-13: 978-0879305697
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,596,976 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars It's a stinker, August 5, 1999

By A Customer

Well, in the quote given in the front page of the book it tell exactly where the author stands in society. It if from Willian Ward about teachers - and this author is below the mediocre level.

The book itself rates decently if it weighed in at half the pages and price. Instead, it's oversized fonts and constant complete listing of every line of code makes this book little more meaty that your typical trashy romance novel. It gets worse as the author uses every trick in the book to extend the whitespace of the code - even to the point of multiple returns after comments.

The book is best used as a doorstop.

2.0 out of 5 stars Dictionary, August 9, 2001

By	DSP (Diamond Bar, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This book reminds me of a graduate professor who is knowledageable but doesn't know how to teach. He walks in a classroom, puts a bunch of codes on an overhead projector and leaves.

Yes, it's for advanced readers but also for those who like to read a dictionary.

2.0 out of 5 stars Very little meat, August 12, 1999

By A Customer

I was looking forward to reading this book, but ended up being disappointed. The author has taken some interesting ideas (and code) from Paul DiLascia's work in MSJ and added one useful extension (message reflection.)

There are hundreds of pages of boilerplate code, and the previous reviewer's comments about whitespace and font size are accurate. (For example, there are 78 straight pages, each of which displays listings of 4 methods whose entire body consists of "return FALSE;"!)

In general, I think the book's content, which is admittedly too long and complex for a magazine article, would have made for a good chapter in a book which compiled programming ideas from different authors (similar to Visual C++ Master Class).