Power GUI Programming with Visual Age for C++

By William Law, Hiroshi Tsuji, Bruce R. Olson

From the developers of the IBM Open Class Library, the most complete programming resource available for both Windows and OS/2 programmers Destined to become the VisualAge for C++ bible for programmers and developers, this invaluable book/CD-ROM set clearly describes how to use Open Class Library to develop applications with modern graphical user interfaces. You'll get the kind of practical, detailed information that could only come from the hands-on experience of the developers of the IBM Open Class Library. You'll discover how to produce better applications more quickly and easily with less code. The CD-ROM includes: * 140 example programs using VisualAge for C++ * VisualAge for C++ trial copy This valuable guide: * Explains how to build programs that run on Windows and OS/2 with little change to your source code * Describes advanced control, including container, notebook, and tool bar * Discusses enabling your application for Direct Manipulation * Explains how to use separate threads of execution to maintain a responsive user interface * Covers using Dynamic Data Exchange to communicate between applications * Shows how to use the advanced layout or canvas classes to build views that automatically adjust to changes in font, national language, or display resolution * Includes debugging techniques, performance tuning guidelines, and potential pitfalls to avoid

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471164828
• ISBN13: 9780471164821
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 800 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 1.7" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Setting the record straight

Some of those other reviews are completely off base. This is a great book, albeit targetting a very narrow, and arguably irrelevant, subject matter.

THE Book on programming with IBM's OCL

There are very few books on programming with IBMs Open Class Library (OCL), but this one is absolutely superb. It cover every major class in detail and how to use it along with excellent examples. It also covers cross-platform issues (OS/2 and Win32) which the OCL was designed to solve.If you do any programming at all with the OCL, especially GUI programming, then this book must be at your side at all times. The OCL docs are shallow and sometimes flat out wrong. This book shines a light into an otherwise dark area.The one drawback of this book is that it is a bit dated now as it covers VisualAge for C++ 3.0 (0S/2) and 3.5 (Win32) instead of the more recent 4.0 (maybe a new edition is in the future? Hint, hint to the authors!) Also, this book was written before most of the fixpaks were released, so some of the information in it is now wrong (e.g. OS/2 now supports the four template handler classes as of fixpak 7).