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BEGINNING VISUAL C++® 2010
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiii
CHAPTER 1 Programming with Visual C++ 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
CHAPTER 2 Data, Variables, and Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
CHAPTER 3 Decisions and Loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
CHAPTER 4 Arrays, Strings, and Pointers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
CHAPTER 5 Introducing Structure into Your Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
CHAPTER 6 More about Program Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
CHAPTER 7 Defi ning Your Own Data Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
CHAPTER 8 More on Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .435
CHAPTER 9 Class Inheritance and Virtual Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .549
CHAPTER 10 The Standard Template Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .645
CHAPTER 11 Debugging Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .755
CHAPTER 12 Windows Programming Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .807
CHAPTER 13 Programming for Multiple Cores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .843
CHAPTER 14 Windows Programming with the Microsoft Foundation Classes . . . . .875
CHAPTER 15 Working with Menus and Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .903
CHAPTER 16 Drawing in a Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .945
CHAPTER 17 Creating the Document and Improving the View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1009
CHAPTER 18 Working with Dialogs and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1059
CHAPTER 19 Storing and Printing Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1123
CHAPTER 20 Writing Your Own DLLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1175
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1193
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