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Summary: An excellent reference source.
Review: Excellent source of reference for the Win32 API and MFC and how to apply them in developing applications for Windows.
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Summary: A good book, delivers what it promises.
Review: This might not be the best book on Windows programming out there, but I gave it 5 stars because it lives up to its promises (mostly).I have two main complaints, however: (1) "Windows 98" is a misnomer, since the book is really about Windows programming for any version. (2) The authors supposedly tell you how to "make the best use" of MFC, but they mostly try to avoid MFC as far as they can, even if it seems more appropriate. (3) I was surprised to see no treatment of DirectX in the whole PART devoted to graphics programming... Still, the book is informative, and covers broad terrirotry (though in shallow detail at times). The CD-ROM contains all the source code - ALL of it works! In fact, the compiled versions are on the CD-ROM too.
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Summary: A good book, delivers what it promises.
Review: This might not be the best book on Windows programming out there, but I gave it 5 stars because it lives up to its promises (mostly). I have two main complaints, however: (1) "Windows 98" is a misnomer, since the book is really about Windows programming for any version. (2) The authors supposedly tell you how to "make the best use" of MFC, but they mostly try to avoid MFC as far as they can, even if it seems more appropriate. (3) I was surprised to see no treatment of DirectX in the whole PART devoted to graphics programming... Still, the book is informative, and covers broad terrirotry (though in shallow detail at times). The CD-ROM contains all the source code - ALL of it works! In fact, the compiled versions are on the CD-ROM too.
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