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About this Course

This course is intended for serious computer hobbyists, IT students, and IT professionals. You need Windows and Visual C++ installed.

The free online textbook for this course is Visual C++ 6 Unleashed . Read the Introduction to the book.

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Lesson 1. The Visual C++ 6.0 Environment

Although Visual C++ is first and foremost a C++ compiler, it also offers a complete development environment made up of many components that work together to simplify the development process. Many of the features of this environment will be familiar to you; after all, some basic features are ones that any integrated development environment is expected to provide. However, many of the features of the development environment are unique to Visual C++ and might seem a bit foreign at first, but you will soon see that these features can significantly improve your productivity.

In this lesson, you will

• Develop a complete application with MFC AppWizard.
• Examine the application architecture used by MFC.
• See how MFC works behind the scenes to make your application run.

Reading Assignments

Read the following sections from your free online textbook:

Developer Studio

The Project Workspace

The Workspace Window

Project Configurations

Converting Older Projects

Working with Multiple Projects

Working with Resources

Editing Resources

MFC AppWizard

ClassWizard

Component Gallery

Integrated Debugger

Command-Line Tools

Other Tools

 

Learning Activities

1. Use this search box to refine and expand your understanding of new terms and concepts in the reading assignments.

2. Read the Summary of the lesson.

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