Windows Programming Under the Hood of MFC [With CDROM]

After searching for 3-4 years for the right book to learn MFC and Windows programming, I finally found it. Laura Draxler, you are a goddess for writing this very intelligent guide for experienced programmers to learn MFC and Windows programming. I hope you and Prentice Hall will extend a revise the book to cover advanced topics such as COM+. One of the real complaints I've had about other Windows programming books is they never made the connection between MFC and the underlying Windows architecture. This book is the RARE exception. Written for experienced programmers, it takes the reader from the basics of the Visual Studio tool suite, through most of the MFC controls, up to DLL's. Contains great illustrations and excellently documented code fragments.

I have read all the popular books on MFC and C++. They all make assumptions that you understand the underpinnings of the environment. This book goes into explaining not only the most commonly used features of MFC with much clarity, but also explains numerous other details such as the use of .lib files and their role in conjunction with dll's. 'THE' MFC book!

Best choice for those who want to learn MFC without missing the understanding of Windows! If you looked at hundreds of books on MFC and find it hard to pick the right one, read this book, it will prove to be most effective! I read it twice and I keep going back to it, especially when I have difficulties with MFC documentations. Code samples in this book are ready to use in your software and save time. Finally, this book is not too huge! It contains only necessary information and keeps the reader interested. Now, when Visual C++ 6.0 is out, all of the information in this book is still relevant since MFC hasn't really changed with this new release.