Visual C++ 6 Unleashed

Utilize the tools to find the solutions you need

• The source code from the book
  
• 4Developer's COM Explorer
  
• BeCubed Software's OLETools
  
• BEI Corporation's Ultrabac
  
• Learn to use the MFC Message Handling Mechanism
  
• Program the Winlnet API for powerful Internet applications
  
• Exploit the Standard C++ and ATL libraries
  
• Incorporate error detection and exception handling techniques
  
• Automate the Visual C++ IDE with scripting
  
• Access data from your applications using ADO, OLE DB, and ODBC
  
• Understand COM and the COM interfaces
  
• Discover how to create complex COM+ components
  
• Create context-sensitive help within your application
  
• Create and use multithreaded applications
  
• Do transactional processing with COM+ and MTS

Table of contents

Introduction

Part I: Introduction

1: The Visual C++ 6.0 Environment

Part II: MFC Programming

2: MFC Class Library Overview

3: MFC Message Handling Mechanism

4: The Document View Architecture

5: Creating and Using Dialog Boxes

6: Working with Device Contexts and GDI Objects

7: Creating and Using Property Sheets ..... 179

8: Working with the File System

9: Using Serialization with File and Archive Objects

Part III: Internet Programming with MFC

10: MFC and the Internet Server API (1SAPI)

11: The WinInet API

12: MFC HTML Support

Part IV: Advanced Programming Topics

13: Using the Standard C++ Library

14: Error Detection and Exception Handling Technique

15: Debugging and Profiling Strategies

16: Multithreading

17: Using Scripting and Other Tools to Automate the Visual C++ IDE

Part V: Database Programming

18: Creating Custom AppWizards

19: Database Overview

20: ODBC Programming

21: MFC Database Classes

22: Using OLE DB

23: Programming with ADO

Part V1: MFC Support for COM and ActiveX

24: verview of COM and Active Technologies

25: Active Documents

26: Active Containers

27: Active Servers

28: ActiveX Controls

Part VII: Using the Active Template Library

29: ATL Architecture

30: Creating COM Objects Using ATL

31: Creating ActiveX Controls Using ATL

32: Using ATL to Create MTS and COM+ Components

Part VIII: Finishing Touches

33: Adding Windows Help

Part IX: Appendix

A: Additional Resources

Index