Teach Yourself Visual C++ 6 in 21 Days

TY Visual C++ 6 in 21 Days......Page 779
Copyright © 1998 by Sams Publishing......Page 780
Overview......Page 781
Contents......Page 783
About the Authors......Page 796
Dedication......Page 797
Tell Us What You Think!......Page 798
How This Book Is Organized......Page 1
Conventions Used in This Book......Page 2
Week 1 At a Glance
......Page 5
Day 1 The Visual C++ Development Environment—Building Your First Visual C++ Application......Page 7
Day 2 Using Controls in Your Application......Page 25
Day 3 Allowing User Interaction—Integrating the Mouse and Keyboard in Your Application......Page 47
Day 4 Working with Timers......Page 67
Day 5 Getting User Feedback—Adding Dialog Boxes to Your Application......Page 83
Day 6 Creating Menus for Your Application......Page 105
Day 7 Working with Text and Fonts......Page 121
Week 1 In Review......Page 143
Week 2 At a Glance......Page 147
Day 8 Adding Flash—Incorporating Graphics, Drawing, and Bitmaps......Page 149
Day 9 Adding ActiveX Controls to Your Application......Page 179
Day 10 Creating Single Document Interface Applications......Page 199
Day 11 Creating Multiple Document Interface Applications......Page 229
Day 12 Adding Toolbars and Status Bars......Page 243
Day 13 Saving and Restoring Work—File Access......Page 279
Day 14 Retrieving Data from an ODBC Database......Page 315
Week 2 In Review......Page 337
Week 3 At a Glance......Page 341
Day 15 Updating and Adding Database Records Through ADO......Page 343
Day 16 Creating Your Own Classes and Modules......Page 379
Day 17 Sharing Your Functionality with Other Applications—Creating DLLs......Page 405
Day 18 Doing Multiple Tasks at One Time—Multitasking......Page 429
Day 19 Building Your Own Widgets—Creating ActiveX Controls......Page 473
Day 20 Internet Applications and Network Communications......Page 495
Day 21 Adding Web Browsing Functionality to Your Applications......Page 521
Week 3 In Review......Page 537
A: C++ Review......Page 541
B: Answers......Page 579
C: Printing and Print Previewing......Page 637
D: Understanding and Exception Handling......Page 661
E: Using the Debugger and Profiler......Page 677
F: Using MFC’s Helper Classes......Page 699
INDEX......Page 731
Mini Catalog......Page 773
Turn to the Authoritative Encyclopedia of Computing......Page 776
Calendar......Page 777