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The MFC Answer Book: Solutions for Effective Visual C++ Applications
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.24
EAN: 9780201185379
ISBN: 0201185377
Label: Addison-Wesley Professional
Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 704
Publication Date: August 22, 1998
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Studio: Addison-Wesley Professional
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Editorial Review:
Getting the most out of your Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) applications is the goal of Eugène Kain's The MFC Answer Book. Though it does not cover newer Internet Explorer-style enhancements, this title offers some indispensable tips for writing more attractive MFC applications in Visual C++.
The book begins with an excellent tour of the MFC document/view architecture. As the author notes, Visual C++ wizards let you generate simple, functional multiple-document interface (MDI) applications, but you're on your own after that. To remedy this gap, the author shares his expertise for building better MDI applications. He includes how to manage more than one view, as well as how to save and reload files effectively.
The same question-and-answer approach is used for such topics as views, dialog boxes, and property sheets. Standout tips here include how to size and control views, as well as how to change the color and font used for dialog controls. The author also shows you how to create applications that run in full-screen mode, just like in Microsoft Word 97. Toolbars, menus, and printing functions round out the tour.
Throughout this text, Kain provides plenty of short, clear programming examples that show exactly how to solve some of the most perplexing and common problems faced by the working MFC programmer. There's little doubt that The MFC Answer Book can save you hours of experimenting on your own; it can help you create significantly more responsive and appealing MFC programs. --Richard Dragan
Specifically designed to help programmers solve their MFC programming problems, in the most efficient way possible, this book, provides readers with ways to save several hours or even days of frustration looking for the right answer to a pressing question. A CD-ROM contains more than 100 sample programs demonstrating the various solutions discussed in the book.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Best MFC Starter book out there
I bought this around 1999, long after I started programming in MFC. The one regret I had was not buying this book sooner. Just the format alone of this book is priceless. The question-answer format makes it very easy to find things and makes a great quick reference with good examples. I am writing this review almost 6 years later because this book still helped me out a lot even after years of writing MFC stuff. The great thing about the book is it covers a lot of MFC material and hits on things ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent book
Worth every penny and more!
Rating:  - Some pretty good tricks
If you are looking for details about MFC this is NOT the book to buy. If you are looking for some "tricks" well then maybe this will work for you. The book is well enough written but lacks some detail about how the code works. But I am not an expert on MFC. If I could I would add 1/2 star to the 3 I gave.
Rating: - A great FAQ
This book is not all-inclusive, you should get Jeff Prosise's "Programming Windows with MFC" if you are looking for that. Instead, Kain's book is really the answers to the most frequent, irritating, and time-wasting little problems one finds while programming in MFC. This book should not really be necessary, except that MFC is so badly designed that little things that should be easy to do often end being a great waste of time, while the programmers search for the clumsy and roundabout way out. ... Read More
Rating: - Great reference for stressed MFC programmer
This book is written in a question and answer format, just like a FAQ. Although the content predominantly revolves around documents and views, many other common questions are also answered.
Personally, I love the format and the content. I hate having to weed through several huge books to find an answer to a simple question. I loaned out my previous copy, and it wasn't returned. I ended up buying another copy.
While this book won't make you a guru, it just might save you an hour of frustration. ... Read More
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