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GeneralSetRedraw in OnDraw(CDC *pDC) Pin
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QuestionHow to read data from serial port. Pin
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Generallearning vc++ Pin
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GeneralRe: learning vc++ Pin
Paul Ingles20-Jul-03 1:09
Paul Ingles20-Jul-03 1:09 
It depends what kind of development you're into I guess. If it's just straight unmanaged Visual C++ (which I assume it is since you don't mention .NET), it's then a case of whether you're going down the MFC route, or using just the Win32 API or WTL.

Whatever you end up doing it's probably no bad thing to learn about Windows programming without the assistance of any libraries, in which case, something like Programming Windows by Charles Petzold is an excellent choice.

Alternatively, I can recommend Programming Visual C++ by Kruglinski, Wingo and Shepherd (there's a new release that also covers Visual C++ .NET) and it covers the basics of Windows programming, the majority of it is dedicated to MFC but with some ATL and COM also covered. For MFC in particular I would also highly recommend Jeff Prosise's Programming Windows with MFC.

Alternatively, there's loads of code and articles on the internet that can be used. I'm not aware of any WTL books, but there are some excellent articles on this site about how to use it, so I'd recommend maybe one or two books to get you into it, and then use articles here and elsewhere to supplement.

Of course, this all hinges on you learning how to use C++ and the standard library so once you start using Visual C++ you can actually build things, rather than just knowing how to display list views etc.

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Tom Archer20-Jul-03 4:02
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GeneralHelp on List View Pin
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GeneralWM_TIMER and DoModal in Windows XP vs Windows 2000 Pin
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Michael P Butler21-Jul-03 9:17
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QuestionFind files with CFileFind? Pin
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