Visual C++ 6 Unleashed

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Summary: Money better spent elsewhere
Review: I have not found much use for this book. It provides a rapid-fire introduction to many VC++ topics, but not much more. Several important details are left out, there are quite a few errors througout the book, and the examples are of no real value. I have tried to use the book as a quick reference many times, but have given up entirely and gone quickly to Richter, Swanke, Prosise, or Solomon. I was able to use it recently to add some wieght to a linoleum patch I applied to the master bathroom floor - no kidding.

Knowing what I do now, I wouldn't waste my money on this book. Instead, check out Prosise MFC 2nd Ed. (indispensible), MFC Internals (misc. authors), Jeff Richter's (superb) Win2k references, Swanke's VC++ MFC by Example, and Solomon's Inside W2K. Each text mentioned is a must-have, IMHO, with special mention of Swanke's MFC by Example, which has earned me a couple of "cool, how did you do that"s from fellow developers.

Hope this helps and good luck.

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Summary: Visual C++ 6 Unleashed
Review: This book has lots of errors in PART IV, and author show you nothing, MSDN reference has all of them and useful, The examples are trivial. It is not for beginner or experienced reader. Professional MFC with Visual C++ 5(wrox)is much better than this one.

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Summary: very good book on Visual C++/MFC
Review: This book provides a clear, comprehensive, yet resonably in-depth introduction of typical topics about Visual C++/MFC programming, with plenty of code examples, including advanced topics such as Internet programming, HTML support, STL, MultiThreading, Database Programming, COM, ActiveX, ATL. Overall it is a very good book.

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Summary: Worst Programming Book I've Seen
Review: This is probable one of the most incoherent books on programming that I've seen in a while. I am an experienced C++ and Java developer, but I have never used Visual C++ before. When I buy a book I expect both a coherent explanation of examples, and when buying a book this size and cost, also a thorough, understandable reference section. This book provided neither of these.

The examples were incoherent, there was very little continuity, it jumped around. Also, there was no easy way to find out about certain functions or tasks. I highly recommend you don't buy this book.