Fast Track Visual C++(r) 6.0 Programming - Softcover

Holzner, Steven

9780471312901: Fast Track Visual C++(r) 6.0 Programming

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471312908 ISBN 13: 9780471312901

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1998

Get up to speed with the latest version of Visual C++. What makes Fast Track the C++ guide of choice is leading expert Steve Holzner's practical approach to learning by example. Cutting right to the core of issues crucial to programmers, this book begins with a brief refresher course and then moves quickly onto the skills that really count: capturing images, metafiles, and other advanced graphics; creating and synchronizing multithreaded programs; capturing keystrokes with Windows hooks; building a Web browser; building ActiveX controls; and much more.

Companion Web site provides all source code from the book.

Visual C++ is a trademark of Microsoft, Inc.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

From the Publisher:

Leading Visual C++ expert Steve Holzner cuts right to the chase and gives you everything you need to know to develop applications more quickly and efficiently with Visual C++.

His vast expertise in programming and his practical "learning by doing" approach will get you up to speed faster than you ever thought possible. Cutting right to the core of issues crucial to programmers, this book begins with a brief refresher course and then moves on to the skills that are absolutely vital to all programmers and developers. You'll find out how to:
* Use advanced graphics for everything from capturing images to metafiles
* Create and synchronize multithreaded programs
* Use Windows hooks to capture keystrokes
* Use dynamic link libraries (DLLs; collections of functions or data that Windows applications can use)
* Connect to the Internet and database files
* Build a Web browser with Visual C++ (including hyperlink text formatting, and images)
* Scan memory to see what programs are running
* Build ActiveX controls
* Take full advantage of COM/DCOM
The companion Web site provides all source code from the book.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.