Sams teach yourself Visual C++ 6 in 21 days

Introduction.  WEEK 1. AT A GLANCE.  Day 1. The Visual C++ Development Environment - Building Your First Visual C++ Application.  The Visual C++ Development Environment. Starting Your First Project. Designing Your Application Window. Adding Code to Your Application. Finishing Touches. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  Day 2. Using Controls in Your Application.  The Basic Windows Controls. Adding Controls to Your Window. Attaching Variables to Your Controls. Attaching Functionality to the Controls. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  Day 3. Allowing User Interaction - Integrating the Mouse and Keyboard in Your Application.  Understanding Mouse Events. Capturing Keyboard Events. Changing the Drawing Cursor. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  Day 4. Working with Timers.  Understanding Windows Timers. Placing a Clock on Your Application. Adding a Second Timer to Your Application. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  Day 5. Getting User Feedback - Adding Dialog Boxes to Your Application.  Using Pre-existing (or System) Dialog Windows. Creating Your Own Dialog Windows. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  Day 6. Creating Menus for Your Application.  Menus. Designing Menus. Creating a Menu. Creating Pop-Up Menus. Creating a Menu with Accelerators. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  Day 7. Working with Text and Fonts.  Finding and Using Fonts. Using Fonts. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  WEEK 1. IN REVIEW.  WEEK 2. AT A GLANCE.  Day 8. Adding Flash - Incorporating Graphics, Drawing, and Bitmaps.  Understanding the Graphics Device Interface. Creating a Graphics Application. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  Day 9. Adding Activex Controls to Your Application.  What Is an ActiveX Control? Adding an ActiveX Control to Your Project. Using an ActiveX Control in Your Application. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  Day 10. Creating Single Document Interface Applications.  The Document/View Architecture. Creating an SDI Application. Saving and Loading the Drawing. Interacting with the Menu. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  Day 11. Creating Multiple Document Interface Applications.  What Is an MDI Application? Creating an MDI Drawing Program. Adding a Context Menu. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  Day 12. Adding Toolbars and Status Bars.  Toolbars, Status Bars, and Menus. Designing a Toolbar. Adding a Combo Box to a Toolbar. Adding a New Status Bar Element. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  Day 13. Saving and Restoring Work - File Access.  Serialization. The CArchive and CFile Classes. Implementing a Serializable Class. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  Day 14. Retrieving Data From an Odbc Database.  Database Access and ODBC. Creating a Database Application Using ODBC. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  WEEK 2. IN REVIEW.  WEEK 3. AT A GLANCE.  Day 15. Updating and Adding Database Records Through Ado.  What Is ADO? Building a Database Application Using ADO. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  Day 16. Creating Your Own Classes and Modules.  Designing Classes. Creating Library Modules. Using Library Modules. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  Day 17. Sharing Your Functionality with Other Applications - Creating Dlls.  Why Create DLLs? Creating and Using an MFC Extension DLL. Creating and Using a Regular DLL. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  Day 18. Doing Multiple Tasks At One Time - Multitasking.  What Is Multitasking? Building a Multitasking Application. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  Day 19. Building Your Own Widgets - Creating Activex Controls.  What Is an ActiveX Control? Creating an ActiveX Control. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  Day 20. Internet Applications and Network Communications.  How Do Network Communications Work? Building a Networked Application. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  Day 21. Adding Web Browsing Functionality to Your Applications.  The Internet Explorer ActiveX Model. The CHtmlView Class. Building a Web-Browsing Application. Summary. Q&A. Workshop.  WEEK 3. IN REVIEW.  Appendices.