Product Description

This companion to C++ How to Program, Second Edition -- the world's most widely used C++ textbook -- carefully explains how to use Microsoft's Visual Studio 6 integrated development environment (IDE) and Visual C++ 6 to create Windows programs using the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC). Key topics include: Win32 and console applications; online documentation and Web resources; GUI controls; dialog boxes; graphics; message handling; the resource definition language; and the debugger. The book includes 15 "live-code" Visual C++/MFC programs with screen captures; dozens of tips, recommended practices and cautions; and exercises accompanying every chapter. This book is part of a family of resources for teaching and learning C++, including a Web site with the book's code examples, an optional interactive CD-ROM (C & C++ Multimedia Cyberclassroom), and more. For anyone interested in developing with Visual C++ and MFC.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1107974 in Books
• Published on: 1999-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 163 pages

From Amazon.com
As a hands-on tutorial to using Visual C++ 6, Getting Started with Microsoft Visual C++ 6 with an Introduction to MFC functions as a worthy reference to learning basic Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) programming. Written as a companion text to the authors' comprehensive C++ tutorial, C++ How to Program, this book will also be valuable to any beginning or intermediate C++ programmer tackling MFC for the first time.

The signature style of this book can be found in high-level, detailed use of Visual C++ and MFC along with a series of simple exercises. Despite its short length, the book is filled with specifics, including key terms, dozens of problems, and generally good coverage of MFC basics in a concise format.

Overall, the authors avoid using the various wizards in the Visual C++ environment and concentrate instead on do-it-yourself coding and discussions of key MFC classes and principles. The book includes a quickly moving tour of MFC, from basic window classes, event handling, and programming with basic control classes and graphics. After working through the examples, any C++ programmer will become familiar with the basics of MFC for client-side development (though database programming, ActiveX, and Internet development get no mention here).

As a concise tour of traditional client-side application development using MFC, this book fills a useful niche as a handy source for getting acquainted with MFC programming quickly. Provided you have some previous C++ knowledge, this text can definitely introduce you to the fundamentals of MFC development. --Richard Dragan

Topics covered: Visual C++ IDE basics, debugger, introduction to MFC, resources, menus, dialog boxes, mouse and keyboard message handling, MFC control classes, graphics, timers, bitmaps, and fonts.

Book Info
Designed to help you get started creating, editing and evolving C++ applications in the Microsoft Visual C++ 6 integrated development environment (IDE). Softcover.

From the Back Cover

This companion to C++ How to Program: Second Edition—the world's most widely used university C++ textbook—carefully introduces how to use the Microsoft Visual Studio^™ 6 integrated development environment (IDE) and Visual C++ 6 to create Windows^® programs using basic Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC).

Authors Harvey and Paul Deitel are the principals of Deitel & Associates, Inc., the internationally-recognized organization specializing in C++, Java^™, C, Visual Basic^®, object technology and Internet and World Wide Web programming training. The Deitels are also the authors of the best-selling textbooks, Java How to Program, C How to Program, C++ How to Program, Visual Basic 6 How to Program, and Internet and World Wide Web How to Program. The Deitels, Tem R. Nieto and Edward T. Strassberger introduce MFC programming fundamentals with Visual C++ 6.

Key topics include:

• IDE, console applications, Win32^® applications
• Online documentation, Web resources
• GUI controls (i.e., edit texts, list boxes, etc.)
• Graphics, message handling
• Debugger, dialog boxes
• Resource definition language

Getting Started with Microsoft Visual C++ 6 with an Introduction to MFC includes:

• 17 "live-code" Visual C++/MFC programs with screen captures
• Exercises (many with answers) accompanying every chapter
• Dozens of tips, recommended practices, and cautions-all marked with icons
  — Good Programming Practices
  —Software Engineering Observations
  —Performance Ties
  —Portability Tips
  —Look-and-Feel Observations
  —Testing and Debugging Tips
  —Common Programming Errors

This companion to C++ How to Program is part of a family of resources for teaching and learning C++, including a Web site (http://www.prenhall.com/deitel) with the book's code examples and other information for faculty, students and professionals; an optional interactive CD-ROM (C & C++ Multimedia Cyber Classroom) containing extensive interactivity features—such as thousands of hyperlinks and audio walkthroughs of the code examples in C++ How to Program—and e-mail access to the authors at
deitel@deitel.com

For information on corporate on-site seminars and public seminars offered by Deitel & Associates, Inc. worldwide see the last few pages of this book and/or visit:
http://www.deitel.com

For information on Visual C++ and MFC visit:
http://www.microsoft.com/visualc
http://www.codeguru.com