Davis Chapman
Jon Bates
Teach Yourself Visual C++ 6 in 21 Days
Introduction 17
WEEK I
1. The Visual C++ Development Environment  Building Your First 20
Visual C++ Application
2. Using Controls in Your Application 32
3. Allowing User Interaction  Integrating the Mouse and Keyboard in 57
Your Application
4. Working with Timers 73
5. Getting User Feedback  Adding Dialog Boxes to Your Application 87
6. Creating Menus for Your Application 106
7. Working with Text and Fonts 120
WEEK II
8. Adding Flash  Incorporating Graphics, Drawing, and Bitmaps 140
9. Adding ActiveX Controls to Your Application 164
10. Creating Single Document Interface Applications 181
11. Creating Multiple Document Interface Applications 206
12. Adding Toolbars and Status Bars 216
13. Saving and Restoring Work  File Access 244
14. Retrieving Data from an ODBC Database 272
WEEK III
15. Updating and Adding Database Records Through ADO 293
16. Creating Your Own Classes and Modules 322
17. Sharing Your Functionality with Other Applications  Creating DLLs 343
18. Doing Multiple Tasks at One Time  Multitasking 363
19. Building Your Own Widgets  Creating ActiveX Controls 399
20. Internet Applications and Network Communications 419
21. Adding Web Browsing Functionality to Your Applications 441
Appendix A: C++ Review 457
Appendix B: Answers 487
Appendix C: Printing and Print Previewing 534