Programming Windows with MFC, Second Edition 2nd ed. Edition

This is the best MFC book ever. Conversational style, and authoritative reference. He puts logic into the nonsensical, and starts slow (no appwizard shtuff and confusion until chapter 4) so everyone can understand. In chapter 4, he slowly walks you through your first simple program involving Visual C++ 6.0's mfc appwizard. This book was made for those who have no clue about the MFC tutorials (95% of those who use Visual C 6.0) in the MSDN library, but yet want to understand MFC someday.However, know your inheritance of classes in C++ before reading. Reading Programming Windows 5th Edition by Charles Petzold before this isn't a bad idea either, but it isn't required, it just makes a much greater appreciation of MFC. MFC still doesn't stand totally on it's own without the win32 API either, but it comes pretty close. The last word of warning is that it is geared to the Visual C 6.0 compiler. So for those with Insprise, you aren't out of luck (it facilitates understanding 1000% still), just some of the stuff about using appwizards (which, come in handy) isn't going to apply to you. Prosise makes compensation for those with other compilers.At the end, he goes into a pretty good COM ActiveX, and OLE tutorial (and how they apply to MFC) but nothing huge (a mere 220 pages).

book was in excellent shape and looks new with the original cd. I still work on MFC applications and the book has great content

This book is a must have for any serious MFC programmer. This indispensable work by Prosise pays due homage to Mr. Petzold's classic 'Programming Windows 3.1', and as well it should, but regardless has earned its stripes standing alone. The book has the fit and feel of Petzold's 3.1 - it is orgainized in a very simlar fashion, it speaks to the reader in much the same spirit, and it will place you in the upper tier of the developers in the company who really know something about MFC. So far, my office copy of Prosise MFC 2nd Ed. is nearly as marked up and commented as my trusty old Petzold 3.1, which along with K&R C, I refuse to banish to the attic.If I had to have a gripe, I would say that it is one of the more expensive books that you will no doubt need two of. One for home and one personal copy at work - no you won't want to sign the waiting list for the company copy or hope that 'Joe' will lend you his for the day.So buy it already.

The book is very detailed and well-written and includes many examples. What I also like about the book is that much of the most important or need-to-know information is neatly organized into tables. It would definitely be a great addition to anyone's programming library.

A must-have for anyone willing to learn MFC, but not intented for C/C++ beginners as the concepts covered in this book are challenging for people with insufficient programming experience.This book may be a handy tool if the publisher would enlarge it to letter size. With 1337 pages, including the index section, it is very difficult to find the specific topic within 5 seconds as oppose to other books.

This is an excellent book and I recommend it to anyone who wants to program the Windows operating system. Prosise starts out coding GUI examples completely from scratch. Once you understand what's going on behind the scenes, he then teaches you how to get the most out of the Visual Studio wizards. This book fosters a deep understanding of the Windows OS.

Over several years, I have purchased around a dozen books on MFC, and this one by far is not only the best one for learning MFC, but also the best to use as a reference (in addition to MSDN). Some of the examples were a little lengthy, as I prefer shorter examples. The first half of the book is essential for any windows programmer. The second half leans more towards particular advanced topics which are not needed by everyone, but good to have handy when the time comes.

Unfortunately this wasn't written by the master, Petzold. However, it does an OK job, but be prepared to spend a lot of money on other books to compliment this one. I would suggest the O'reilly book Essence of C++ and the book Thinking in C++ by Bruce Eckel, plus the C++ reference from the O'Reilly series.

This book is fantastic for learning MFC, probably the best there is, but it is aimed at VC++ 6.0. None of the example code on the disc will actually compile with Visiual Studio 2022 because it is in .dsw format, not .slnYou will have to create a new empty C++ project and then change the project properties to use MFC in shared DLL and the linker setting to Windows(/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS). Then you can copy and paste the .h and cpp files in from the CD. There are still a couple of compile errors but it's only missing type declatations.All in all a great book, but it could do with an update.

Excellent technical reference. If you use Visual C++ Ver6 and dont know it all, you need this book. If you have to buy a VC6 book this is it. A clearly explained, outstanding publication, just read the other reviews.

Best book on the subject.

Very nice as always !!!

Dispite its age this book is a very good introduction to the MFC world. Very nice and intuitive examples to support the theory