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Summary: This is a MUST for any MFC programmer
Review: If you are new to MFC, and you want to know what is going on, or experinced programer, this book is a MUST. In depth coverage. This book has lead me to write code that was really non-exsistant else where. I keep it every where I go.
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Summary: If you want to be grue in MFC, read and absorb this book
Review: It opens all hidden corners of MFC and offers you the way to find yourself. If you are developing MFC extention classes then the reading of this book will multiply your efforts by the factor of 4.
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Summary: Interesting book for Windows/MFC programming professionals
Review: Not suitable for MFC begginers, but very good and informative book for professionals. It is writen in very good manner - it is easy to read and understand even complex topics
MFC Internals are described in attractive way, so is not boring to read a book.
So, I like a way the books is writen and I like its content.
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Summary: Great for experienced windows C++ programmers
Review: The under-the-hood treatment of MFC is very useful, especially the chapters on OLE with MFC. Warning this book is not for beginners. You must know C++ cold and have at least a working knowlege of the windows API to get the most out of it
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Summary: Worth the money but could be better
Review: There's a real need for good books on this subject but I see two major areas for improvement1)The scope is too large. The entire 700 pages could be devoted to a one subject, such as the inner workings of Embedding/Linking. 2)Looks like it was written based on a collection of notes from running the debugger. Frankly, if this is what I'm going to get I'd rather use the debugger than a long list of this calls that, that call that ....... This goes on for pages; how about some freak'n diagrams guys??? Anyway, the book did help, and I got my money's worth, but think they should make another pass at it. Randall Edick
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Summary: It is a pretty good book
Review: This book is a must for anyone who is trying to understand the deeper issues of Windows95/NT programming. The only problem I found with the book was that it tried to compact to much information in one book. The book should actually be a set. I wish they would have covered a few more topics like TCP/IP and Sockets. After chapter 10, its all DLL's and COM stuff which I only skimmed, but I still thought it was good. Buy it you will like it and it is not for the novice.
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Summary: The best book for seeing MFC under the hood
Review: This book is a really cool book for programmers who have had some experience with MFC. The book gives a very thorough explanation of the class library architecture. It explains in depth what all the macros expand into and how everything works. Topics discussed in detail are : 1. Message mapping architecture. 2. Runtime Time Type Information. (How it is implemented in MFC) 3. Doc / View architecture. (This section alone is worth the price of the book. The printing and the print preview section really takes the price.) 4. Serialization. (Yes this book manages to explain how the whole thing works under the wraps.) 5. COM/OLE (This section not only shows how COM/OLE is implemented inside MFC, it makes for independent reading by itself for COM/OLE concepts.) The only shortcoming I have found is that the books does not touch any of the database classes or ODBC stuff. All in all a very good buy.
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Summary: Only for advance people
Review: This book is a very difficult to understand without extensive knowledge of MFC programming to start with. I thought learning MFC with learning what happens under the hood of MFC at the same time would make me a better MFC programmer, but that is not the case. The book assumes quite a bit of MFC knowledge to start. I have had a large amount of experience with C++ and Java with through knowledge of object oriented programming. I am also familiar with Visual Basic. I have other MFC books to couple my learning of MFC with, but this book is only for the pros who has been developing MFC apps for a while.
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Summary: A really different view on MFC
Review: This book is not another MFC book and not for beginner. it tells you how it work instead of how to use it. To benefit from it, readers should have some grasp on Windows, C++ and using MFC itself!. It covers how the windows message goes a long the way up to your class, CObject, Dialog, Doc/View Architecture, Threads, COM & OLE. The appendix is very helpful for those who want to explore further into the code of MFC. I recommend this book for those who really want to know why the MFC work the way it is.
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Summary: Great book for MFC.
Review: This book is the best book for MFC and what it does inside. This is not an introductory book and if you are new to MFC you'd be better served by reading Kruglinki's Programming Visual C++.
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