Visual C++ 5 Unleashed, Second Edition

• Master multitasking using threads, exceptions, and virtual memory
• Implement persistence by programming for the Windows Registry
• Implement OLE drag and drop in your applications
• Exploit low-level communications using sockets and TCP/IP; advance to high-level WinInet functions
• Use named pipes and RPC to implement client/server computing
• Program ODBC using the ODBC API and MFC
• Mail-enable your applications using the MAPI API to support your programs
• Understand the telephony architecture and add TAPI to your programs
• Program the Microsoft Jet engine using data access objects (DAOs)
• See the contrast in development between the MFC and API functions
• Develop Windows NT service applications
• Empower the right mouse button with Windows shell extensions
• Learn to program the latest active business objects with OLEDB and ADO