A complete, nuts-and-bolts guide to building better interfaces. From expert Keith Bugg, here is the first complete guide to building better user interfaces for Windows applications using MFC. Step-by-step, Bugg shows you how to implement all commonly used controls and dialog boxes, as well as those rarely covered in other books. He also shows you how to add multimedia, tips, and other enhancements for more professional applications. And he provides plenty of helpful examples and sample code for all topics covered. You get complete, hands-on coverage of: * Common controls, including buttons, boxes, bars, spinners, TreeView, and sliders. * Microsoft's New Common Controls. * Common dialogs, including color, file, Find-Replace, and Cfont. * Splitter windows and controls. * Online help-includes coverage of the new HTML-based help standard. * Using CFormView to insert controls directly into your application's view. * Multimedia, including video clips, sound, animation, and more. * Professional enhancements, such as "Tip of the Day" pop-ups, visual and color-coded cues, standards compliance, and improved consistency. Visit the companion Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/bugg/ to find: * All the examples and code from the book. * Microsoft(r) HTML Help Toolkit. * Microsoft(r) VidEdit Toolkit. * Links to additional resources.
I found this an excellent book for adding the final polish to my apps. I thought the author did a great job of sticking to the basic steps of manipulating the controls, screen, and other parts of the user interface. The book showed me how to add a lot of little touches to my programs that I'd seen, but never learned how to use. Things like tool tips, animated sequences, bitmapped buttons, etc. I also found the information on inserting the Date-Time control very useful and timely. Also, the info on the other new common controls was most helpful... While not everyone is on the same level in terms of development experience, if you are getting up to speed with Visual C++ and want to give your apps that professional look, I heartily recommend this book. --Jack
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