Learn ActiveX Development Using Visual C++ 6.0 With CDROM [Illustrated] (Paperback)

~ Nathan Wallace (Author) "Before you can start using C++ to write ActiveX controls and servers, you need a good working understanding of what the Component Object Model is,..." (more)
Key Phrases: notification handler code, encryption key string, new skeleton project, Add Property, Internet Explorer, Object Wizard (more...)

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Product Description

A set of detailed examples is geared to move developers into the ActiveX revolution. Wallace's book presents 12 chapters of core programming examples with complete source code and detailed explanations. The code and project files from the book and shareware are included on the CD-ROM.

Product Details

• Paperback: 370 pages
• Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc. (March 25, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556226071
• ISBN-13: 978-1556226076
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,216,366 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Book should rate a Black Hole, August 16, 1999

By A Customer

After reviewing this book as a possible candidate for a college class, it is amazing how awfully stupid some companies can be at marketing. Most people who buy computer books can at least read at a college level even if they've never been there. As if the typos were not enough, the examples don't work and as the last commentor explained the code that does work on the CD is completely different from the code in the book. It's a shame that Mr. Wallace can't even walk you through a wizard without breaking the code. If you don't believe how terribly poor a book can be written then pick this up in the book store or order it with the intention of returning it. Richard Grimes's book is much better for beginners and at least the code works right out of the book. Be careful, this book will suck your brain out and make you not want to do any ActiveX development with Visual C++.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Another poor programming book, March 26, 2001

By	C. Hawkins (Halifax, N.S., Canada) - See all my reviews

Simpy put, this book is of poor quality and has a misleading title. Both the information presented and the printed code are full of errors. Furhtermore the code in the book is not the same as the code on the disk. Much of the code is so bad it takes an excessive effort to get it to compile. The title of the book "... Using Visual C++ 6.0" is an outright lie. The book was written for VC 5.0. The VC 6.0 information was added as an after thought (usually mentioned in the last few pages of each chapter) in an attempt to bring the book upto date before release.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do not buy this book!, March 25, 1999

By A Customer

I made the very stupid mistake of buying this book. Please do not commit the same mistake. The book is supposed to "teach" (in order for the reader to "learn") ActiveX development. If this book teaches anything, it is how to use the Wizards to create components. It makes no attempt to explain the mountains of code that the wizards create. Also, some of the examples do not work. I would have loved to have been able to fix them (that is usually how a programmer learns the most), but I lack the knowledge to do it and the book is certainly no help in that department. Then to add insult to injury, the book's web site is under construction and has no listings of errata or any other kind of help.