C++ for VB Programmers [With Start Up CD-ROM]

ISBN-13: 9781893115767 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 408 str.

Jonathan Morrison

Opis

Visual Basic is the most popular programming language in the world today. It can be used to quickly create a Windows application and has a short learning curve. However, there are limits to what Visual basic alone can do. By contrast, C++ is used for very complex and advanced systems programming and it has a very steep leaning curve. Because of the difference between the two languages, many programmers develop expertise in either one language or the other. The optimal situation would be for a programmer to be able to harness the power of C++ and take advantage of VB, thus allowing them to create Windows software in the most efficient manner possible. This book teaches VB programmers what they need to know in order to combine these two powerful tools and create truly world-class applications. This book is what Visual Basic programmers have long desired: a book that uses thier existing knowledge as a framework to teach the skills they need to move to the next level, C++. Jonathan Morrison has over five years of experience developing applications in both Visual Basic and C++. He has vast experience integrating Visual Basic and C++ in enterprise environments.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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.