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Summary: great
Review: i cant think of a better book to learn mfc with. this guy is a genius, i want more books from this guy.
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Summary: Very good book
Review: After reading all the pages in the book (and others books about mfc). I can say now that it a really good book and worth the money and the time investing to use it to learn MFC.This Book is more like the bible of MFC not just a typical vc++ book or MFC book , it teach you from the ground the MFC blocks and to understand what take happen inside. if you considering taking the MSCD exam i will say buy this book first . c/c++ level : for reading this book you have to know the c and c++ language but not as an expert but more then the basic. about the chapters : each of chapter(s) or subject(s) are very well organize is like you sitting in a private course and hearing the lecture from the pages and view the examples. you can find a lot of information about (not using the wizard!) : Drawing in windows,...,the MFC collection class ,File I/O Controls,Scroll view ,HTML View,Multiplie Documents and views,...,Toolbars Timers and idle processing,...,Thread and Thread synchronization... some ole and Active X,...,and alot more. the English level : is very easy to understand , how ever there is a 1291 pages to read so find the time .
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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book is SO good. MFC becomes easy with this book.
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Summary: Really helpfull !
Review: I'm a junior programmer and I can say that this book really help me and my end project team to wisely use and manipulate MFC with Visual C++.
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Summary: A soup to nuts feast for novices and veterans alike
Review: Prosise has written a hefty tome that will act as a thorough reference for the experienced programmer and readable introduction for the (MFC) novice. If you don't know C++, get Bruce Eckel's Thinkning in C++ (2nd edition), but once you know your way around C++, Prosise will get you started and keep you going. Too many "Getting Started" books cost nearly as much as Programming Windows With MFC but leave you with nowhere to go. This book has it all. Prosise also seems to recognize that VC++ is not the only MFC IDE in the world, so Borland and Metrowerks customers may find this book more useful than other titles.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: I'll add my words to everyone else's. I love this book. It goes into a great deal of detail about how Visual C++ actually does what it does. I used it after studying the Win32 API and C++ to learn how Visual C++ builds on those two. While many books/classes skim over the surface of VC++ with wizards, etc, Prosise gets down to the nitty gritty of how MFC actually works. It is both really detailed and fairly easy to understand. No small feat.
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Summary: The best book on MFC programming hands-down
Review: If you are looking to learn how to program for Windows using the MFC library, then this book is a must have. This book is the ultimate reference, and therefore is also very useful to those who already program in MFC. The only problem with this book is that it is so long and detailed that it is very hard to read straight through from cover to cover. Therefore, I recommend "Programming Microsoft Visual C++ 5th Edition" as your main book to read while learning. That book is much easier and covers more ground. However, it's not even close to being as detailed as this book is. That is why I recommend reading "Programming Microsoft Visual C++" and, when you find a topic that interests you, find out more of the details in this book. Together, they make a great team. But, if you are only going to get one book on MFC, make it this one... it is the best on the subject, hands-down.
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Summary: Good For Nothing
Review: I bought the book to learn MFC fundamental, diappointed big time. May be good for advance developer but, If one want to learn, It will be waste of money and time. One point I never understood is that author says this book is ok for begginers and that is totally untrue. I had never expected this from Microsoft Press. I feel CHEATED. Sorry for those who bought this books to learn MFC. Vijay S. Sheth
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Summary: This is the Bible of MFC programming
Review: If I had a dime for every time I have seen the words " you need to read Petzold and Prosise " in a programming newsgroup, I would be richer than Bill Gates. I had the previous edition as a textbook when I was first learning MFC. That edition was excellent with great examples and wonderful text. This edition? Much better. Now included is information on using the Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, more on the collection classes and serialization, and more on ActiveX. If you want to learn Windows Programming, I mean REALLY learn Windows programming, learn C/C++ and then get Prosise and also get Petzold's bool Programming Windows to see the real in depth Windows programming.
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Summary: Excellent coverage, good advice
Review: I bought this book instead of one of Mike Blaszczak's "Professional MFC With VC++6". I like this author's writing style of presentation better than the chatty style of Blaszczak. Prosise starts with the basics, building an MFC application by hand and then shows you how to automate that process with the Wizards. "Wizards" are just code generators, but once they generate the code it is YOUR code and you must understand, modify and maintain it as necessary. This is why I really like Prosise because he explains the basics to you so that when you generate code with the Wizards, it makes sense and doesn't look like 'magic' anymore. I've read about half of this book since I got it and the quality has been excellent. I haven't found a single typographical or grammatical error so far and Prosise's explanations are concise (he treats the reader like an adult) but not so terse that you're left scratching your head. He gives good advice on style and code organization for MFC applications and provides hints on how to achieve specific results without trying to be an exhaustive cookbook on MFC tricks. MFC is a big subject and I'd suggest that any reader be comfortable with programming. Being familiar with writing small Win32 SDK applications helps but isn't a strict requirement. If you haven't programmed in C++ very much, start with Stroustrup "C++ Programming Language", 3rd edition, and then move on to MFC. This book will give you a solid foundation in MFC.
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