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Summary: Confusing...
Review: This book is extremely confusing and is definately not for beginners. It seems the author had lots to say, but had no clue about how to present it to make it easy to read, or for that matter, for it to even make sense. In the section on MFC alone there were far too many times when the author simply said "do this" but never gave any instructions on exactly how to do so! Instead I was left paging through the text aimlessly trying to find the information I was looking for. Infact my favorite quote(paraphrased) out of the book is from chapter 13: "Therefore it is assumed the reader, as a prerequisite for this section, has already read chapter 19." I'm sorry, but any book that requires me to jump around between chapters to try and make sense of it is simply a waste of my time.
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Summary: Confusing...
Review: This book is extremely confusing and is definately not for beginners. It seems the author had lots to say, but had no clue about how to present it to make it easy to read, or for that matter, for it to even make sense. In the section on MFC alone there were far too many times when the author simply said "do this" but never gave any instructions on exactly how to do so! Instead I was left paging through the text aimlessly trying to find the information I was looking for. Infact my favorite quote(paraphrased) out of the book is from chapter 13: "Therefore it is assumed the reader, as a prerequisite for this section, has already read chapter 19." I'm sorry, but any book that requires me to jump around between chapters to try and make sense of it is simply a waste of my time.
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Summary: Appalling! One of the worst computing books I own.
Review: This book is good, but I have one little problem with the code examples, Most of them I used have been wrong. Not in a little way either. There syntax errors that a person with a days worth of C++ training could have noticed. I am talking about the code in the book, the code on the CD-ROM is ok. Maybe I got a corrupted version or something. i.e. p.208, there are two in this example. unsigned char pData = new unsigned char [width*height]; //*pdata? . . pData[x*3+y*bm.bmWidthBytes] = 0; // pData[x*3 + y*width?]
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Summary: pretty good
Review: This book is good, but I have one little problem with the code examples, Most of them I used have been wrong. Not in a little way either. There syntax errors that a person with a days worth of C++ training could have noticed. I am talking about the code in the book, the code on the CD-ROM is ok. Maybe I got a corrupted version or something. i.e. p.208, there are two in this example. unsigned char pData = new unsigned char [width*height]; //*pdata? . . pData[x*3+y*bm.bmWidthBytes] = 0; // pData[x*3 + y*width?]
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Summary: if you are trying to learn visual c do not use this book
Review: this book neveqr mentionewd things which, were apprarently ovious to more experienced win32 programmers, but I'm of the dos generation and this book sucked.
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Summary: Great Book- Not a C++ Tutorial
Review: This is a great book for expierenced programmers who want to program for windows but don't want to have to memorize 100s of API calls. It is also a great reference on MFC 6.0 programming. Before this book I was clueless on the majority of how Windows worked and this book helped clear the cobbwebs. I especially liked the chapter on explaining how the Graphical Device Interface worked and how to use it.However, the reason I gave the book 4 stars instead of 5, is because of the fair amount of errors int the text and in the example code. I also found that finding the errors and pointing them out to myself helped further my understanding of the subject in general. In order to be able read and understand this book, you should have a fairly good understanding of C++ and how computers work(generaly). Enough that you can write fairly complex programs. You should also (of course) have the Visual C++ 6.0 Development Environment.
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Summary: Lots of Info, lots of typos, lots of errors
Review: This is actually a pretty poorly written book. It's the only Visual C++ book that I own, and I must say, I got much more mileage out of the online MSDN library than I did looking in here. The only reason that it didn't get 1 star is that certain chapters (Database programming, threads) provide a good basis for experimentation. Far from a bible though...
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Summary: Excellent Introduction to VC++ Windows Programming
Review: Visual C++ Bible is really an engrossing book that you should refer to... Most of us resort to Visual C++ not because we want to write simple applications in 10 seconds, but because we want to gain more precise control over Windows apps. VC++ offers the best options you can possibly find, and this book is the best to help you befriend with VC++. I have to admit that this book does require some prior knowledge of C or C++... at least the basics of programming... However, when you know the basics of C++, this book will definitely help you explore the realm of Windows programming. The authors have detailed explinations about the MFC, imaging, memory management, and multimedia control. All crucial and indispensible in any Windows application. If you have some experience with C and want to know more about Windows programming. I believe this book will be of great help to you!
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