Visual C++ 6 Bible [With *]

by Richard C. Leinecker

If Visual C++ Can Do It, You Can Do It Too... Master quickly all the job skills you need to develop industrial-strength Windows or Web-based projects -- everything from the basics of menus and mouse input to ODBC, DAO, and ADO database programming to scripting. With the expert advice of full-time Visual C++ developers Rick Leinecker and Tom Archer, you'll find everything you need to get up-to-date on the latest developments in Windows programming...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764532286
• ISBN13: 9780764532283
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 1272 Pages
• Weight: 4.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Great Book with Meaty Coverage

Some Visual C++ books gloss over topics and you're still left not knowing how to accomplish the tasks you wanted to learn in the first place. This book on the other hand gives you what you need to jump right in and make things happen.It also covers a wide range of topics that can't be found elsewhere such as Internet programming, effective use of the MFC database classes, and multithreading.All in all I got more than my money's worth. I saved large amounts of time that I would had to spend wading through online help and online articles.

Indeed not for beginners

As mentioned in other reviews this book is absolutely not for beginners. But if you're familiar with C++ and the principles of Windows programming, then this book is a must. It's good structured so you can study a particular chapter of the item you need information about without have very much knowledge of the other chapters.

Excellent Introduction to VC++ Windows Programming

Visual C++ Bible is really an engrossing book that you should refer to... Most of us resort to Visual C++ not because we want to write simple applications in 10 seconds, but because we want to gain more precise control over Windows apps. VC++ offers the best options you can possibly find, and this book is the best to help you befriend with VC++. I have to admit that this book does require some prior knowledge of C or C++... at least the basics of programming... However, when you know the basics of C++, this book will definitely help you explore the realm of Windows programming. The authors have detailed explinations about the MFC, imaging, memory management, and multimedia control. All crucial and indispensible in any Windows application.If you have some experience with C and want to know more about Windows programming. I believe this book will be of great help to you!

Excellent Intermediate Book!

Most Visual C++ are at one of two levels. The first is the low-end introduction to Visual C++, which is normally a tutorial of C++ and not very useful other than to present some basic concepts. The second is the advanced MFC books that are pretty hard to use if you've only got the basics. This book is a good introduction for programmers new to Visual C++, but not totally in the dark. I found having Visual Basic experience and a basic understanding of Windows APIs to be a definite plus. Where I found this book to be the most useful is that it fills in the "holes" between understanding how to create a Visual C++ project and how to implement a complex application. I agree with the comments that this is not a beginner's book (or even a "Bible"), but if you are on a learning curve for Visual C++ and have gotten through the introductory texts (and the "Learning Edition CD-ROM), this is the book for you.

Forget the big names; this book is the BEST!

I've bought books from all the big names, Kruglinski, Wingo, et al. But none of them even comes close to providing the scope of coverage that this book does. Sure, you have your all-too typical book errors, but what book doesn't. The thing I care about is that many of the chapters give better coverage on topics than whole books on that topic do! Examples? The ODBC chapter includes a complete class to dynamically read data from any data source even when you don't know the schema of the database! The DLL chapter shows how to write a keyboard hook function. There's even a custom appwizard chapter that shows how powerful this quite-often overlooked feature of VC++ can be. I definitely recommend this book to beginners and advanced VC++ developers alike!