| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Visual C++ and the Visual Studio 97 | p. 3 |
| Project Creation and the AppWizard | p. 29 |
| The ClassWizard and the WizardBar | p. 45 |
| Source Browsing | p. 63 |
| Debugging and Profiling | p. 71 |
| Code Reuse with the Component Gallery | p. 95 |
| Operating System Overview | p. 105 |
| The Message Loop | p. 125 |
| Windows, Dialog Boxes, and Controls | p. 139 |
| Resource Files | p. 171 |
| Drawing and Device Contexts | p. 183 |
| Threads and Processes | p. 213 |
| Memory Management | p. 231 |
| File Management | p. 251 |
| The Windows Clipboard | p. 267 |
| The Registry | p. 279 |
| Exception Handling in C and C++ | p. 293 |
| Microsoft Foundations Classes: An Overview | p. 309 |
| Exploring an MFC Skeleton Application | p. 329 |
| Working with Documents and Views | p. 349 |
| Dialog and Property Sheets | p. 365 |
| MFC Support for Common Dialogs and Common Controls | p. 389 |
| Using ActiveX Controls | p. 411 |
| Device Context and GDI Objects | p. 423 |
| Serialization: File and Archive Objects | p. 441 |
| Collection Classes | p. 457 |
| Internet Support Classes | p. 477 |
| Exceptions, Synchronization Objects, and Other MFC Classes | p. 487 |
| OLE, ActiveX, and the Component Object Model | p. 507 |
| OLE Servers | p. 529 |
| OLE Containers | p. 545 |
| OLE Drag and Drop | p. 567 |
| Automation | p. 583 |
| Building ActiveX Controls with MFC | p. 601 |
| Using the ActiveX Template Library | p. 627 |
| Database Programming Through ODBC | p. 651 |
| Data Access Objects | p. 677 |
| OLE DB and ADO | p. 695 |
| Database and Query Design, SQL Debugging | p. 709 |
| Writing Messaging Applications with MAPI | p. 725 |
| TCP/IP Programming with WinSock | p. 739 |
| Using the WinInet API | p. 759 |
| Telephony Applications with TAPI | p. 771 |
| Network Programming with Pipes and Remote Procedure Calls | p. 791 |
| Multimedia Applications | p. 809 |
| The OpenGL Graphics Library | p. 827 |
| High-Performance Graphics and Sound: DirectX | p. 843 |
| Implementing Contest-Sensitive Help | p. 863 |
| Creating Installation Programs | p. 885 |
| Building Custom AppWizards | p. 907 |
| User Interface Extensions | p. 923 |
| Writing a Windows NT Service | p. 941 |
| Future Trends | p. 955 |
| C/C++: An Overview | p. 965 |
| The Standard Runtime Library | p. 987 |
| The Standard C++ Library | p. 993 |
| MFC Hierarchy Chart | p. 1001 |
| Bibliography | p. 1005 |
| Index | p. 1007 |
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