MFC Programming [With Source Code for All Programs in the Book]

After making relatively successful forays into MFC armed only with MS reference materials or books written by MS employees and I have finally found a book which explains MFC without marketing it. Very lucid and well-written. I think the Document/View model is a bit less generic and useful than is presented, but at least now I understand most of its underpinnings. One error - Delphi has never been interpreted (p.5);

This is an outstanding book. If you want to understand what MFC is, how it works and how to get it to work then buy this book. This is a nice complement to a book like "Inside Visual C++". Whereas that book does a great job with the tutorials, this book explains the fundamentals of MFC programming beautifully. MFC Programming has 3 parts. The first explains many of the important MFC classes (mainly wrapper classes) and how they work with Win32. The second part builds on the first to explain the framework aspects of MFC. The third part has 4 complete applications. In the first 2 parts, each chapter generally has an example that is used to demonstrate the points raised in the chapter. There aren't any full listings - just snippets of relevant code. (The executables and .cpp and .h files etc are on the CD-ROM.) This makes it easy to see the relevant points without getting totally lost. Another nice feature that this book has is very good diagrams that explain class relationships, Win32 connections etc. A well written book is one that explains difficult things effortlessly. This is a well written book! (One caveat: The book does not explain the MSFT Visual C++ IDE - there are no IDE "screen shots". Though this book is really meant for intermediate to advanced programmers, after a small MSFT Visual C++ learning curve (check out 1 or 2 of the MSFT tutorials to get up to speed with the IDE), you will be able to understand the concepts in this book well.)

I really love this book for its exemplary instructional values. Thanks Alan!

Cuts through all the crap and gets to the point! Excellent examples. A real time saver and is a good reference manual. Explains some of the more abstract concepts of MFC. Must have for the Intermediate MFC / Visual C++ 5 Programmer.