The author covers all the essential basic Windows and Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) development, and then address some of the new features in Visual C + + 6 all while moving quickly enough for the programmer, hard at work. Chapman's first section introduces the Visual Basic C + + 6 tools, such as AppWizard and ClassWizard, and discusses the essence of building dialog-based applications using basic Windows controls such as static text, edit, buttons, and list box control. In short, the first week to give the traditional introduction to Windows and MFC programming without the frills. The second set of tutorials to dig Graphical Device Interface (GDI) graphics programming, always been a challenging topic for the new MFC programmer. The basics of toolbars, saving and restoring files to MFC applications, and an introduction to Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) programming round this set of chapters. Last set of exercises will give developers MFC some new skills. Advanced material introduces the basics of networking and TCP / IP protocol and discusses MFC support for working with Web. For readers with a little more time, the attachment is useful to discuss additional topics such as printing, the MFC container and helper classes, and the basics of exception handling and debugging.