Product Description Visual C++ 6 Unleashed provides comprehensive coverage of the core topics for Visual C++ 6 programming. This book skips the beginning level material and jumps right in to Visual C++. By the end of the book, you will be able to master the 32-bit power of Windows using Visual C++ as your programming language. Topics include mastering the debugger, using and integrating HTML help, creating custom AppWizards, customizing the IDE with add-ins, writing multi-threaded MFC applications, developing NT services, using advanced UI techniques, and much more.

Table of Contents:
Part I: Introduction Chapter 1. The Visual C++ 6.0 Environment Part II: MFC Programming Chapter 2. MFC Class Library Overview Chapter 3. MFC Message Handling Mechanism Chapter 4. The Document View Architecture Chapter 5. Creating and Using Dialog Boxes Chapter 6. Working with Device Contexts and GDI Objects Chapter 7. Creating and Using Property Sheets Chapter 8. Working with the File System Chapter 9. Using Serialization with File and Archive Objects Part III: Internet Programming with MFC Chapter 10. MFC and the Internet Server API (ISAPI) Chapter 11. The WinInet API Chapter 12. MFC HTML Support Part IV: Advanced Programming Topics Chapter 13. Using the Standard C++ Library Chapter 14. Error Detection and Exception Handling Techniques Chapter 15. Debugging and Profiling Strategies Chapter 16. Multithreading Chapter 17. Using Scripting and Other Tools to Automate the Visual C++ IDE Part V: Database Programming Chapter 18. Creating Custom AppWizards Chapter 19. Database Overview Chapter 20. ODBC Programming Chapter 21. MFC Database Classes Chapter 22. Using OLE DB Chapter 23. Programming with ADO Part VI: MFC Support for COM and ActiveX Chapter 24. Overview of COM and Active Technologies Chapter 25. Active Documents Chapter 26. Active Containers Chapter 27. Active Servers Chapter 28. ActiveX Controls Part VII: Using the Active Template Library Chapter 29. ATL Architecture Chapter 30. Creating COM Objects Using ATL Chapter 31. Creating ActiveX Controls Using ATL Chapter 32. Using ATL to Create MTS and COM+ Components Part VIII: Finishing Touches Chapter 33. Adding Windows Help Part IX: Appendix