C++ for VB Programmers
Published on 21. September 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIV, 408 pages
978-1-893115-76-7 (ISBN)
Description
C++ is the skill most sought after by Visual Basic Programmers. According to Microsoft, there are over 3 million active Visual Basic programmers in the world today. Morrison teaches VB programmers to program in C++ by making use of their own knowledge to make the transition as easily as possible. It is the only book to take this unique approach. This book is based on the author's own experience oflearning C++ as a VB programmer. Includes the stater edition of Visual C++.
More details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
111 s/w Abbildungen
XIV, 408 p. 111 illus. With online files/update.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
737 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-893115-76-7 (9781893115767)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4302-0858-7
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Jonathan Morrison has written several books on C++ and Visual Basic programming, and has over?seven years of experience developing applications in Visual Basic, C++, and Java. He has consulted for Racal Datacom, The Maxim Group, and Cyberguard, and has held lead development positions at AIG, Autonation USA, and Digitalbond Inc. He currently works for Microsoft's Solution Integration Engineering Team, where he helps Microsoft's enterprise customers design, develop, and debug their large-scale applications.
Content
1 Why C++? (And Why with Visual Basic).- 2 Where Do We Start?.- 3 How Do You Do That Voodoo That You Do?.- 4 C++ 101.- 5 It's Not Polite to Point.- 6 Classes.- 7 Templates.- 8 Putting It All Together.- 9 What's the DLL, Man?.- 10 Your First Real DLL.- 11 An ATL Primer.- 12 The COM Project.- 13 Advanced Topics.- Appendix A A Thread to Visual Basic.- Just Because You Can, Doesn't Always Mean that You Should.- A Quick Review of Multithreading.- The Threading Contract.- The CreateThread API.- The CreateThread API Revisited.- Conclusion.- Appendix B Visual Basic Strings: The BSTR Data Type.- What Is a BSTR?.- Using_bstr_t.- Conclusion.- Appendix C Article 3. Strings the OLE Way.- Unicode Versus ANSI.- What Is a BSTR?.- The String Class.