Visual C++ 5.0: Developer's Guide (Sams Developer's Guides)

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Summary: Great book, covers areas that are left out of other books
Review: I just bought Visual C++ compiler. I have never used it before but I knew what I wanted to do with it. I wanted to write a small program to dial my modem using TAPI (Telephone Aplication Interface). This is the only book that I could find that had any mention of TAPI. Also, when I had a problem because I need to link with tapi32.dll this is the one book that explained how to link to dll's. I saw other books in the book store and they were inadequate at covering such a basic topic. I agree that there should be more examples. I want examples that I can compile, link and execute and then start modifying (like the "Java Examples in a Nutshell" book). This is a great book though.

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Summary: Excellent book for intermediate level programmers
Review: I program in several languages already - most things that you want to do aren't documented well in the help files - things like opening sockets, ActiveX, database programming. This books does a fairly good job of explaining much of what isn't easily discovered from other sources. This was a real "gap-filler" for me. Great job guys. The only drawback is there's not quite enough material on each topic. There could have been more advanced discussions of each of the topics this book covers (of course, the book would have been three times as big - at which point shipping would cost more than the book).

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Summary: I't wont teach you how to program in MVC++ 5.
Review: It talks about every thing, but it does not srve for nothing. I wish I could GET MY MONEY BACK!!!!

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Summary: I't wont teach you how to program in MVC++ 5.
Review: The site present the follow information about the book: " From the Publisher : A comprehensive introduction to the advanced features of the new Visual C++, this complete and thorough guide takes users step by step through the process of building applications for Win32 and highlights the most useful APIs and SDKs. - Documents the development of two full-featured examples, including a scaleable drawing application - Explores the development of custom controls, programming with ActiveX, DAO programming, DirectX 3.0 graphics and sound, and much more - CD-ROM is loaded with full source code and executables " BUT THE CD-ROM IS NOT INCLUDED AT BOOK!!!, WHERE CAN I FOUND IT? THE BOOK'S EXAMPLES REFERS THE CD, BUT NOT REFER WHERE IS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT APTITUDE, IF THE EXAMPLE'S CODE SOURCE IS INCLUDED IN THE CD THEM PLEASE!!! INCLUDE THE CD IN THE BOOK. JORGE CHEVALIER