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Overview
Introduction 1

WEEK 1 AT A GLANCE 5
Day 1 The Visual C++ Development Environment—Building Your First
Visual C++ Application 7
2 Using Controls in Your Application 25
3 Allowing User Interaction—Integrating the Mouse and Keyboard in
Your Application 47
4 Working with Timers 67
5 Getting User Feedback—Adding Dialog Boxes to Your Application 83
6 Creating Menus for Your Application 105
7 Working with Text and Fonts 121

WEEK 1 IN REVIEW 143

WEEK 2 AT A GLANCE 147

Day 8 Adding Flash—Incorporating Graphics, Drawing, and Bitmaps 149
9 Adding ActiveX Controls to Your Application 179
10 Creating Single Document Interface Applications 199
11 Creating Multiple Document Interface Applications 229
12 Adding Toolbars and Status Bars 243
13 Saving and Restoring Work—File Access 279
14 Retrieving Data from an ODBC Database 315

WEEK 2 IN REVIEW 337

WEEK 3 AT A GLANCE 341

Day 15 Updating and Adding Database Records Through ADO 343
16 Creating Your Own Classes and Modules 379
17 Sharing Your Functionality with Other Applications—Creating DLLs 405

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18 Doing Multiple Tasks at One Time—Multitasking 429

19 Building Your Own Widgets—Creating ActiveX Controls 473
20 Internet Applications and Network Communications 495
21 Adding Web Browsing Functionality to Your Applications 521

WEEK 3 IN REVIEW 537

APPENDIXES 541
A C++ Review 541
B Answers 579
C Printing and Print Previewing 637
D Understanding and Exception Handling 661
E Using the Debugger and Profiler 677
F Using MFC’s Helper Classes 699
Index 731

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INTRODUCTION 1

WEEK 1 AT A GLANCE 5

DAY 1 THE VISUAL C++ DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT—BUILDING YOUR FIRST

VISUAL C++ APPLICATION 7
The Visual C++ Development Environment............................................................8
The Output Pane ................................................................................................9
The Editor Area ..................................................................................................9
Menu Bars ........................................................................................................10
Rearranging the Developer Studio Environment ............................................10
Starting Your First Project ....................................................................................11
Creating the Project Workspace ......................................................................11
Using the Application Wizard to Create the Application Shell ......................12
Designing Your Application Window ....................................................................15
Adding Code to Your Application ........................................................................17
Finishing Touches ..................................................................................................20
Creating the Dialog Box Icon ..........................................................................20
Adding Maximize and Minimize Buttons........................................................21
Summary ................................................................................................................22
Q&A ......................................................................................................................22
Workshop ..............................................................................................................23
Quiz ..................................................................................................................23
Exercise ............................................................................................................23

DAY 2 USING CONTROLS IN YOUR APPLICATION 25

The Basic Windows Controls ................................................................................26
The Static Text Control ....................................................................................26
The Edit Box Control ......................................................................................26
The Command Button Control ........................................................................27
The Check Box Control....................................................................................27
The Radio Button Control ................................................................................27
The Drop-Down List Box Control ..................................................................27
Adding Controls to Your Window ........................................................................27
Creating the Application Shell and Dialog Layout ..........................................28

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Specifying the Control Tab Order ....................................................................30

Attaching Variables to Your Controls ....................................................................32
Attaching Functionality to the Controls ................................................................33
Closing the Application ....................................................................................36
Showing the User’s Message............................................................................37
Clearing the User’s Message ............................................................................38
Disabling and Hiding the Message Controls....................................................39
Running Another Application ..........................................................................42
Summary ................................................................................................................44
Q&A ......................................................................................................................44
Workshop ..............................................................................................................45
Quiz ..................................................................................................................45
Exercises ..........................................................................................................45
DAY 3 ALLOWING USER INTERACTION—INTEGRATING THE MOUSE AND KEYBOARD
IN YOUR APPLICATION 47
Understanding Mouse Events ................................................................................48
Drawing with the Mouse ..................................................................................49
Improving the Drawing Program ....................................................................53
Adding the Finishing Touches..........................................................................55
Capturing Keyboard Events ..................................................................................56
Changing the Drawing Cursor..........................................................................57
Making the Change Stick ................................................................................60
Summary ................................................................................................................64
Q&A ......................................................................................................................64
Workshop ..............................................................................................................65
Quiz ..................................................................................................................65
Exercises ..........................................................................................................65

DAY 4 WORKING WITH TIMERS 67

Understanding Windows Timers............................................................................68
Placing a Clock on Your Application ....................................................................68
Creating the Project and Application ..............................................................68
Adding the Timer IDs ......................................................................................70
Starting the Clock Timer ..................................................................................71
Handling the Clock Timer Event......................................................................72
Adding a Second Timer to Your Application ........................................................74
Adding the Application Variables ....................................................................74
Starting and Stopping the Counting Timer ......................................................75
Enabling the Stop Button ................................................................................79
Summary ................................................................................................................81

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Q&A ......................................................................................................................81
Workshop ..............................................................................................................82
Quiz ..................................................................................................................82
Exercise ............................................................................................................82

DAY 5 GETTING USER FEEDBACK—ADDING DIALOG BOXES TO YOUR APPLICATION 83

Using Pre-existing (or System) Dialog Windows..................................................84
Using Message Boxes ......................................................................................84
Using Common Dialogs ..................................................................................90
Creating Your Own Dialog Windows ....................................................................93
Creating the Dialog Window ............................................................................93
Using the Dialog in Your Application ..............................................................96
Summary ..............................................................................................................101
Q&A ....................................................................................................................101
Workshop ............................................................................................................103
Quiz ................................................................................................................103
Exercises ........................................................................................................104

DAY 6 CREATING MENUS FOR YOUR APPLICATION 105

Menus ..................................................................................................................106
Menu Styles ....................................................................................................106
Keyboard Shortcut–Enabling Menus ............................................................106
Menu Standards and Conventions ..................................................................107
Designing Menus ................................................................................................108
Creating a Menu ..................................................................................................108
Creating the Application ................................................................................108
Adding and Customizing a Menu ..................................................................109
Attaching the Menu to Your Dialog Window ................................................112
Attaching Functionality to Menu Entries ......................................................112
Creating Pop-Up Menus ......................................................................................116
Creating a Menu with Accelerators ....................................................................118
Summary ..............................................................................................................119
Q&A ....................................................................................................................119
Workshop ............................................................................................................120
Quiz ................................................................................................................120
Exercises ........................................................................................................120

DAY 7 WORKING WITH TEXT AND FONTS 121

Finding and Using Fonts......................................................................................122
Listing the Available Fonts ............................................................................122
Using a Font ..................................................................................................125

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Using Fonts ..........................................................................................................129

Creating the Application Shell ......................................................................129
Building a List of Fonts..................................................................................131
Setting the Font Sample Text ........................................................................135
Selecting a Font to Display ............................................................................136
Summary ..............................................................................................................139
Q&A ....................................................................................................................139
Workshop ............................................................................................................140
Quiz ................................................................................................................140
Exercises ........................................................................................................140

WEEK 1 IN REVIEW 143

WEEK 2 AT A GLANCE 147

DAY 8 ADDING FLASH—INCORPORATING GRAPHICS, DRAWING, AND BITMAPS 149

Understanding the Graphics Device Interface ....................................................150
Device Contexts..............................................................................................150
Mapping Modes and Coordinate Systems......................................................156
Creating a Graphics Application..........................................................................157
Generating the Application Shell ..................................................................157
Adding the Graphics Capabilities ..................................................................163
Summary ..............................................................................................................177
Q&A ....................................................................................................................177
Workshop ............................................................................................................177
Quiz ................................................................................................................178
Exercises ........................................................................................................178

DAY 9 ADDING ACTIVEX CONTROLS TO YOUR APPLICATION 179

What Is an ActiveX Control? ..............................................................................180
ActiveX and the IDispatch Interface..............................................................180
ActiveX Containers and Servers ....................................................................182
Adding an ActiveX Control to Your Project........................................................183
Registering the Control ..................................................................................183
Adding the Control to Your Dialog ................................................................186
Using an ActiveX Control in Your Application ..................................................187
Interacting with the Control ..........................................................................187
Responding to Control Events........................................................................193
Summary ..............................................................................................................196
Q&A ....................................................................................................................196
Workshop ............................................................................................................197
Quiz ................................................................................................................197
Exercise ..........................................................................................................197

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DAY 10 CREATING SINGLE DOCUMENT INTERFACE APPLICATIONS 199

The Document/View Architecture ......................................................................200
Creating an SDI Application................................................................................202
Building the Application Shell ......................................................................202
Creating a Line Class ....................................................................................203
Implementing the Document Functionality....................................................205
Showing the User ..........................................................................................208
Saving and Loading the Drawing ........................................................................213
Deleting the Current Drawing ........................................................................214
Saving and Restoring the Drawing ................................................................215
Interacting with the Menu....................................................................................218
Adding Color to the CLine Class....................................................................218
Adding Color to the Document ......................................................................219
Modifying the Menu ......................................................................................222
Summary ..............................................................................................................226
Q&A ....................................................................................................................227
Workshop ............................................................................................................228
Quiz ................................................................................................................228
Exercise ..........................................................................................................228

DAY 11 CREATING MULTIPLE DOCUMENT INTERFACE APPLICATIONS 229

What Is an MDI Application?..............................................................................229
Creating an MDI Drawing Program ....................................................................231
Building the Application Shell ......................................................................231
Building the Drawing Functionality ..............................................................232
Adding Menu Handling Functionality ..........................................................233
Adding a Context Menu ......................................................................................236
Summary ..............................................................................................................239
Q&A ....................................................................................................................239
Workshop ............................................................................................................240
Quiz ................................................................................................................240
Exercise ..........................................................................................................241

DAY 12 ADDING TOOLBARS AND STATUS BARS 243

Toolbars, Status Bars, and Menus ......................................................................244
Designing a Toolbar ............................................................................................245
Creating a New Toolbar..................................................................................246
Attaching the Toolbar to the Application Frame............................................247
Controlling the Toolbar Visibility ..................................................................254
Adding a Combo Box to a Toolbar......................................................................257
Editing the Project Resources ........................................................................257
Creating the Toolbar Combo Box ..................................................................260

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Handling the Toolbar Combo Box Events ....................................................267

Updating the Toolbar Combo Box ................................................................268
Adding a New Status Bar Element......................................................................271
Adding a New Status Bar Pane ......................................................................271
Setting a Status Bar Pane Text ......................................................................273
Summary ..............................................................................................................275
Q&A ....................................................................................................................276
Workshop ............................................................................................................277
Quiz ................................................................................................................277
Exercises ........................................................................................................277

DAY 13 SAVING AND RESTORING WORK—FILE ACCESS 279

Serialization ........................................................................................................279
The CArchive and CFile Classes ....................................................................280
The Serialize Function....................................................................................281
Making Objects Serializable ..........................................................................281
Implementing a Serializable Class ......................................................................283
Creating a Serialized Application ..................................................................284
Creating a Serializable Class..........................................................................288
Building Support in the Document Class ......................................................294
Adding Navigating and Editing Support in the View Class ..........................305
Summary ..............................................................................................................311
Q&A ....................................................................................................................311
Workshop ............................................................................................................313
Quiz ................................................................................................................313
Exercise ..........................................................................................................313

DAY 14 RETRIEVING DATA FROM AN ODBC DATABASE 315

Database Access and ODBC................................................................................316
The Open Database Connector (ODBC) Interface ........................................316
The CRecordset Class....................................................................................317
Creating a Database Application Using ODBC ..................................................322
Preparing the Database ..................................................................................322
Creating the Application Shell ......................................................................324
Designing the Main Form ..............................................................................325
Adding New Records ....................................................................................331
Deleting Records ............................................................................................334
Summary ..............................................................................................................335
Q&A ....................................................................................................................335
Workshop ............................................................................................................336
Quiz ................................................................................................................336
Exercise ..........................................................................................................336

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WEEK 2 IN REVIEW 337

WEEK 3 AT A GLANCE 341

DAY 15 UPDATING AND ADDING DATABASE RECORDS THROUGH ADO 343

What Is ADO?......................................................................................................344
ADO Objects ..................................................................................................345
Using the ADO ActiveX Control ..................................................................346
Importing the ADO DLL................................................................................349
Connecting to a Database ..............................................................................350
Executing Commands and Retrieving Data ..................................................351
Navigating the Recordset ..............................................................................352
Accessing Field Values ..................................................................................353
Updating Records ..........................................................................................356
Adding and Deleting ......................................................................................356
Closing the Recordset and Connection Objects ..........................................357
Building a Database Application Using ADO ....................................................358
Creating the Application Shell ......................................................................358
Building a Custom Record Class ..................................................................361
Connecting and Retrieving Data ....................................................................365
Populating the Form ......................................................................................367
Saving Updates ..............................................................................................370
Navigating the Record Set..............................................................................371
Adding New Records ....................................................................................373
Deleting Records ............................................................................................375
Summary ..............................................................................................................376
Q&A ....................................................................................................................377
Workshop ............................................................................................................377
Quiz ................................................................................................................377
Exercise ..........................................................................................................378

DAY 16 CREATING YOUR OWN CLASSES AND MODULES 379

Designing Classes ................................................................................................380
Encapsulation..................................................................................................380
Inheritance ......................................................................................................380
Visual C++ Class Types ................................................................................381
Creating Library Modules....................................................................................382
Using Library Modules........................................................................................383
Creating the Library Module..........................................................................383
Creating a Test Application ............................................................................393
Updating the Library Module ........................................................................398

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Summary ..............................................................................................................401
Q&A ....................................................................................................................402
Workshop ............................................................................................................403
Quiz ................................................................................................................403
Exercise ..........................................................................................................403

DAY 17 SHARING YOUR FUNCTIONALITY WITH OTHER APPLICATIONS—CREATING DLLS 405

Why Create DLLs? ..............................................................................................406
Creating and Using DLLs ..............................................................................406
Designing DLLs ............................................................................................409
Creating and Using an MFC Extension DLL......................................................410
Creating the MFC Extension DLL ................................................................410
Adapting the Test Application........................................................................413
Changing the DLL..........................................................................................414
Creating and Using a Regular DLL ....................................................................416
Creating the Regular DLL..............................................................................417
Adapting the Test Application........................................................................423
Summary ..............................................................................................................426
Q&A ....................................................................................................................427
Workshop ............................................................................................................428
Quiz ................................................................................................................428
Exercises ........................................................................................................428

DAY 18 DOING MULTIPLE TASKS AT ONE TIME—MULTITASKING 429

What Is Multitasking?..........................................................................................430
Performing Multiple Tasks at One Time ........................................................430
Idle Processing Threads..................................................................................431
Spawning Independent Threads ....................................................................431
Building a Multitasking Application ..................................................................441
Creating a Framework ....................................................................................441
Designing Spinners ........................................................................................443
Supporting the Spinners ................................................................................449
Adding the OnIdle Tasks ................................................................................455
Adding Independent Threads ........................................................................460
Summary ..............................................................................................................468
Q&A ....................................................................................................................468
Workshop ............................................................................................................471
Quiz ................................................................................................................471
Exercises ........................................................................................................471

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DAY 19 BUILDING YOUR OWN WIDGETS—CREATING ACTIVEX CONTROLS 473

What Is an ActiveX Control? ..............................................................................474
Properties ........................................................................................................474
Methods ..........................................................................................................475
Events ............................................................................................................476
Creating an ActiveX Control ..............................................................................476
Building the Control Shell..............................................................................477
Modifying the CModArt Class ......................................................................478
Adding Properties ..........................................................................................481
Designing and Building the Property Page ....................................................483
Adding Basic Control Functionality ..............................................................485
Adding Methods ............................................................................................487
Adding Events ................................................................................................489
Testing the Control ........................................................................................491
Summary ..............................................................................................................493
Q&A ....................................................................................................................493
Workshop ............................................................................................................494
Quiz ................................................................................................................494
Exercises ........................................................................................................494

DAY 20 INTERNET APPLICATIONS AND NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS 495

How Do Network Communications Work? ........................................................496
Sockets, Ports, and Addresses ........................................................................497
Creating a Socket............................................................................................498
Making a Connection ....................................................................................500
Sending and Receiving Messages ..................................................................501
Closing the Connection ..................................................................................503
Socket Events ................................................................................................503
Detecting Errors..............................................................................................504
Building a Networked Application ......................................................................505
Creating the Application Shell ......................................................................505
Window Layout and Startup Functionality ....................................................505
Inheriting from the CAsyncSocket Class ......................................................509
Connecting the Application ............................................................................511
Sending and Receiving ..................................................................................515
Ending the Connection ..................................................................................517
Summary ..............................................................................................................519
Q&A ....................................................................................................................519
Workshop ............................................................................................................520
Quiz ................................................................................................................520
Exercise ..........................................................................................................520

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DAY 21 ADDING WEB BROWSING FUNCTIONALITY TO YOUR APPLICATIONS 521

The Internet Explorer ActiveX Model ................................................................522
The CHtmlView Class..........................................................................................523
Navigating the Web ........................................................................................523
Controlling the Browser ................................................................................524
Getting the Browser Status ............................................................................524
Building a Web-Browsing Application................................................................525
Creating the Application Shell ......................................................................525
Adding Navigation Functionality ..................................................................526
Summary ..............................................................................................................535
Q&A ....................................................................................................................535
Workshop ............................................................................................................536
Quiz ................................................................................................................536
Exercises ........................................................................................................536

WEEK 3 IN REVIEW 537

APPENDIXES 541
APPENDIX A C++ REVIEW 541
Creating Your First Application ..........................................................................541
Helloworld.cpp ..............................................................................................543
The if Statement, Operators, and Polymorphism ..........................................549
Global and Local Variables ............................................................................552
Pointers ................................................................................................................554
References ......................................................................................................557
Classes..................................................................................................................559
Constructors and Destructors ........................................................................564
Inheritance............................................................................................................569
Summary ..............................................................................................................577

APPENDIX B ANSWERS 579

Day 1....................................................................................................................579
Quiz ................................................................................................................579
Exercise ..........................................................................................................580
Day 2....................................................................................................................580
Quiz ................................................................................................................580
Exercises 581
Day 3....................................................................................................................585
Quiz ................................................................................................................585
Exercises ........................................................................................................585
Day 4....................................................................................................................591
Quiz ................................................................................................................591
Exercise ..........................................................................................................591
Day 5....................................................................................................................593

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Exercises ........................................................................................................594
Day 6....................................................................................................................596
Quiz ................................................................................................................596
Exercises ........................................................................................................596
Day 7....................................................................................................................597
Quiz ................................................................................................................597
Exercises ........................................................................................................598
Day 8....................................................................................................................602
Quiz ................................................................................................................602
Exercises ........................................................................................................602
Day 9....................................................................................................................604
Quiz ................................................................................................................604
Exercise ..........................................................................................................604
Day 10..................................................................................................................605
Quiz ................................................................................................................605
Exercise ..........................................................................................................606
Day 11..................................................................................................................612
Quiz ................................................................................................................612
Exercise ..........................................................................................................612
Day 12..................................................................................................................614
Quiz ................................................................................................................614
Exercises ........................................................................................................615
Day 13..................................................................................................................616
Quiz ................................................................................................................616
Exercise ..........................................................................................................617
Day 14..................................................................................................................620
Quiz ................................................................................................................620
Exercise ..........................................................................................................621
Day 15..................................................................................................................623
Quiz ................................................................................................................623
Exercise ..........................................................................................................624
Day 16..................................................................................................................625
Quiz ................................................................................................................625
Exercises ........................................................................................................625
Day 17..................................................................................................................626
Quiz ................................................................................................................626
Exercises ........................................................................................................626
Day 18..................................................................................................................628
Quiz ................................................................................................................628
Exercises ........................................................................................................628
Day 19..................................................................................................................631

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Quiz ................................................................................................................631
Exercises ........................................................................................................631
Day 20..................................................................................................................632
Quiz ................................................................................................................632
Exercises ........................................................................................................633
Day 21..................................................................................................................634
Quiz ................................................................................................................634
Exercises ........................................................................................................634

APPENDIX C PRINTING AND PRINT PREVIEWING 637

Using the Framework’s Functionality ................................................................637
Using Default Print Functionality ..................................................................638
Overriding OnPrint() ......................................................................................641
Using the Printer Device Context ..................................................................643
Maintaining the Aspect Ratio ........................................................................645
Pagination and Orientation ..................................................................................647
Setting the Start and End Pages ....................................................................647
Using the Print Dialog Box ............................................................................650
Using Portrait and Landscape Orientations....................................................654
Adding GDI Objects with OnBeginPrinting() ..............................................654
Customizing Device Context Preparation ......................................................656
Aborting the Print Job ....................................................................................657
Direct Printing Without the Framework ..............................................................657
Invoking the Print Dialog Box Directly ........................................................657
Using StartDoc() and EndDoc() ..................................................................659
Using StartPage() and EndPage() ................................................................660

APPENDIX D UNDERSTANDING AND EXCEPTION HANDLING 661

Using Exceptions ................................................................................................661
Running Code and Catching the Errors ........................................................661
Throwing Exceptions......................................................................................666
Deleting Exceptions........................................................................................668
MFC Exception Types ........................................................................................668
Using the CException Base Class..................................................................668
Using the Memory Exception ........................................................................669
Using the Resource Exceptions......................................................................670
Using the File and Archive Exceptions ..........................................................670
Using the Database Exceptions ......................................................................672
Using OLE Exceptions ..................................................................................673
Using the Not Supported Exception ..............................................................674
Using the User Exception ..............................................................................674
Generating Your Own Custom Exception Classes ........................................675

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APPENDIX E USING THE DEBUGGER AND PROFILER 677

Creating Debugging and Browse Information ....................................................677
Using Debug and Release Modes ..................................................................678
Setting Debug Options and Levels ................................................................679
Creating and Using Browse Information ......................................................681
Using Remote and Just-in-Time Debugging ..................................................683
Tracing and Single Stepping................................................................................685
Using the TRACE Macro ................................................................................685
Using the ASSERT and VERIFY macros..........................................................687
Using Breakpoints and Single Stepping the Program....................................689
Using Edit and Continue ................................................................................692
Watching Program Variables ..........................................................................692
Other Debugger Windows ..............................................................................694
Additional Debugging Tools................................................................................694
Using Spy++ ..................................................................................................695
Process Viewer................................................................................................697
The OLE/COM Object Viewer ......................................................................697
The MFC Tracer ............................................................................................698

APPENDIX F USING MFC’S HELPER CLASSES 699

Using the Collection Classes ..............................................................................699
Using the Array Classes ................................................................................700
Using the List Classes ....................................................................................702
Using the Map Classes ..................................................................................704
Creating Custom Collection Classes ..............................................................707
Using the Coordinate-Handling Classes..............................................................710
Using the CPoint Class ..................................................................................710
Using the CRect Class....................................................................................712
Using the CSize Class ....................................................................................717
Using the Time-Handling Classes ......................................................................718
Using the COleDateTime Class......................................................................719
Using the COleDateTimeSpan Class ............................................................722
Using the String Manipulation Class ..................................................................724
Using the CString Class ................................................................................724
String Manipulation........................................................................................727
Searching Strings............................................................................................727
Formatting Text for Display ..........................................................................728

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