Professional MFC with Visual C++ 6

by Mike Blaszczak

Book Overview

The MFC is a library that provides a collection of C++ classes, taking the drudgery out of writing software for Windows. The classes are targeted at the features an application needs - such as status... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861000154
• ISBN13: 9781861000156
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Wrox Press
• Length: 1203 Pages
• Weight: 5.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.7" x 7.7" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

amazing book

I own 6 MFC books, and out of all of them, Professional MFC with Visual Studio 6 is by far the most complete. When I wanted to look up a subject I was having trouble with, I used to have to flip through a few of my books before I found a decent section covering the topic, if I even did. Since I bought this book however, I just look in it and the rest of the books have been gathering dust on my floor. I'd highly recommend it.I'm using VS 2003, but MFC hasn't changed that much so the content is still relevant. There was no CD with the book, but I was able to track down a download that contained all the sample code after following a few links (the d/l location mentioned in the book is no longer there).

Excellent book

This book is well worth the price. It does a very good job of explaining MFC. Easy to read, even though it has 1200 +/- pages. You don't even have to read each chapter in order to learn what you need to know. Some reviewers complained that there is no CD. Fear not, you can download all source code from the wrox website. Sure, it's less convenient than a CD, but oh well.

Explanations for People who want to Understand

This book wonderfully explains how MFC classes and concepts actually work. It allows you to work-by-understanding, as opposed to by example. His writting style is also livly and he doesn't leave out the important details like what a constant actually equals so you can avoid conflicts with it. I would say anyone who uses MSVC++ should have this book on their desk. The fact that there is no CD is a plus. You can learn from this book away from your computer. It's not littered with code that you skip anyway, but has the code where it's needed. Worth every penny.

An extensive resource that fills a lot of holes

Have had this book for about 3-4 months and find myself referring to it more and more. The DevNet CD's have 1.8 Gig of information, and I have a half dozen other MFC books, but I often find for technical issues that this book is the only source that covers the finer details that are the actual cause of the problem.

The book is great!!!

I have read about half of the VC++ 5 version of the book and now switched to the newer edition. The material he covers is both usefull and advanced. To this date i haven't found a better book on MFC (some win32api) that will cover subjects as much as Blaszczak does. If you'll read his book and cross reference MSDN, and write the code at the same time, you'll literally master MFC development. Usefull as a reference for variety of MFC topics. Absolutely the best deal you can get if you're learning MFC. But, if you have previous edition, you won't get much with the new one.