Beginning Mfc Programming

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Summary: DOn't rush to buy this book if you want to learn MFC
Review: The title of the book should be Beginning MFC Programming with Visual C++. I took the book because I felt that it would actually teach me MFC programming, and it does, but it relies too heavily on the automatic code generated by Visual C++. The approach taken is interesting in that the author starts work on one application, and continues developing it in subsequent chapters, illustrating points about MFC along the way. It seems like a nice/good idea, but I felt it just muddied the water, by adding new things on to an older version of the same program. The book progresses logically. The explanations are clear, but often much paper is wasted explaining mundane things like how to place a dialog control in a certain place on a dialog box. The author also spends a disproportionate amount of time in explaining the more complex issue of mapping modes. In summary, if you want a book that will make you feel as if you are progressing fast, and painlessly, then you can read this book and it may help you. After reading it I switched to Programming Windows 95 with MFC by Jeff Prosise. The difference was clear. The focus is totally MFC.