Programmers tend to be book junkies. If you're a C++ programmer, Visual C++ 5 Unleashed is an excellent investment that you'll use again and again. Designed to be a how-to compendium on a wide range of important topics, this 1,000-page book is aimed specifically at experienced C++ programmers.
Using a consistent and effective presentation, this book introduces basic and advanced topics and shows you how to implement these topics with complete application source codes. Each of the book's nine parts includes several chapters that cover each category completely. The book begins with a description of the Visual C++ development system and then presents the windows architecture, Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), OLE, database programming, coding for network protocols such as TCP/IP, and multimedia topics. This guide also features information on building context-sensitive help and extending the environment with custom AppWizards.
The included CD-ROM contains the sample source code presented in the book as well as some useful debugging utilities. One of the strong points of this tutorial is the completeness of its code; all code snippets in the text are part of complete applications, which are all included on the CD-ROM. This should rank as a must-have weapon in a C++ programmer's arsenal.
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This is the perfect book for advanced Visual C++ programmers. Its 1,100 pages explore the most advanced topics while its enclosed CD-ROM allows the user to quickly learn by working through the programs in the book. It not only covers the new release of Visual C++ and its capabilities but also teaches LAN programming, OLE, DLLs, OLE Automation, and how to update old programs to the new version of Visual C++. - Explores the capabilities of the new Visual C++ release
- Provides extensive information on such advanced topics as I/O timers, LAN Programming, and Windows 95
- CD-ROM contains source code and illustrative programs from the book
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