Getting Started with Microsoft Visual C++ 6 with an Introduction to MFC - Softcover

Deitel, Harvey M.; Deitel, Paul J.; Nieto, Tem R.; Strassberger, E. T.

9780130132499: Getting Started with Microsoft Visual C++ 6 with an Introduction to MFC

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130132497 ISBN 13: 9780130132499

Publisher: Pearson, 1999

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.

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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

About the Author:

Harvey Deitel and Paul Deitel are principals of Deitel & Associates, Inc., a leader in programming training; and authors of C++ How to Program and Java How to Program -- each the #1 book in its market. They have taught 500,000 programmers.

T.R. Nieto, an MIT graduate, is senior lecturer at Deitel & Associates.

Edward T. Strassberger is the owner of Strassberger Software Training, Inc.

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