Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++ 6 in 21 Days

by Chapman, Davis

• ISBN13: 9780672312403
• ISBN10: 0672312409
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-08-04
• Publisher: Sams Publishing

Summary

Learn Visual C++ through the Teach Yourself series, with sections on: Q&A, Do's and Don'ts, Workshop, Shaded syntax boxes, Type/Output/Analysis icons. Week One starts you with Visual C++. After installing and maneuvering through the components of the software, you'll examine a preliminary program to get the feel for C++ and Visual C++. You'll learn: C++ basics; hierarchies; members, functions, and objects; inheritance; MFC; installing Visual C++, the Visual C++ compiler. In Week Two, you'll look at components of Windows applications and how they are invoked with Visual C++. Topics include: keyboard input; mouse usage; data file handling; lists and serialization; toolbars and status bars; graphics; and projects. Week Three examines the more involved aspects of Visual C++ and Windows applications.

Author Biography

Davis Chapman, author of Que¿s Web Development with Visual Basic 5, continues to work for a consutling firm in Dallas, Texas where he does software design and development for client/server system.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
WEEK 1 AT A GLANCE	5	(138)
Day 1 The Visual C++ Development Environment-Building Your First Visual C++ Application	7	(18)
2 Using Controls in Your Application	25	(22)
3 Allowing User Interaction-Integrating the Mouse and Keyboard in Your Application	47	(20)
4 Working with Timers	67	(16)
5 Getting User Feedback-Adding Dialog Boxes to Your Application	83	(22)
6 Creating Menus for Your Application	105	(16)
7 Working with Text and Fonts	121	(22)
WEEK 1 IN REVIEW	143	(4)
WEEK 2 AT A GLANCE	147	(190)
Day 8 Adding Flash-Incorporating Graphics, Drawing, and Bitmaps	149	(30)
9 Adding ActiveX Controls to Your Application	179	(20)
10 Creating Single Document Interface Applications	199	(30)
11 Creating Multiple Document Interface Applications	229	(14)
12 Adding Toolbars and Status Bars	243	(36)
13 Saving and Restoring Work-File Access	279	(36)
14 Retrieving Data from an ODBC Database	315	(22)
WEEK 2 IN REVIEW	337	(4)
WEEK 3 AT A GLANCE	341	(196)
Day 15 Updating and Adding Database Records Through ADO	343	(36)
16 Creating Your Own Classes and Modules	379	(26)
17 Sharing Your Functionality with Other Applications-Creating DLLs	405	(24)
18 Doing Multiple Tasks at One Time-Multitasking	429	(44)
19 Building Your Own Widgets-Creating ActiveX Controls	473	(22)
20 Internet Applications and Network Communications	495	(26)
21 Adding Web Browsing Functionality to Your Applications	521	(16)
WEEK 3 IN REVIEW	537	(4)
APPENDIXES	541
A C++ Review	541	(38)
B Answers	579	(58)
C Printing and Print Previewing	637	(24)
D Understanding and Exception Handling	661	(16)
E Using the Debugger and Profiler	677	(22)
F Using MFC's Helper Classes	699	(32)
Index	731