Programming Windows with Java and WFC

Working Solutions for Programming Challenges

• Discover the surprising truth about Microsoft's Visual J++ versus pure Java
  
• Master Microsoft's Java tools for Windows applications WFC and J/Direct
  
• Understand the fundamentals of classes and class inheritance hierarchies
  
• Create GUIs, CAD programs, and distributed client-server applications
  
• Use dialogs and class-localized events to control access
  
• Implement multithreaded architecture using synchronization
  
• Learn how to use COM and ActiveX controls
  
• Build distributed database applications using ActiveX Data Objects and Microsoft Transaction Server
  

Table of contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I: Hello, Windows World!

Chapter 1: WFC, J/Direct, and All That Jazz

Chapter 2: A Conceptual Overview of
Windows Programming

Chapter 3: Just a Small Cup of Java, Please

Chapter 4: So, Which Version of Java Should I Use?

Part II: Developing Standalone Applications

Chapter 5: And Now for a Little Fun!

Chapter 6: Providing a Graphical User Interface

Chapter 7: Implementing a Drawing Program Using WFC

Chapter 8: Implementing a Drawing Program Using J/Direct

Chapter 9: Implementing a Drawing Program
Using Pure Java

Part III: Some Reusable Components

Chapter 10: Controlling Access with a LogOn Dialog

Part IV: Systems Programming and Architectures

Chapter 11: Threading and Synchronization

Chapter 12: Using COM and ActiveX with Java

Part V: Developing Distributed Components

Chapter 13: Supporting ActiveX Data Objects

Chapter 14: A Simple Three-Tiered Application in Java

Epilogue: And Now for Something Completely Different

Chapter 15: A Few Conclusions

Appendix A: Navigating the CD-ROM

Appendix B: A Simple Step-by-Step Tutorial on Using Visual J++

Appendix C: WFC Quick Reference by Kevin Benn

Index

End-User License Agreement

CD-ROM Installation Instructions