Description based on print version record.

"Programmer to programmer"--Cover.

Includes index.

Programming with Visual C++ 2005 -- Data, variables, and calculations -- Decisions and loops -- Arrays, strings, pointers, and references -- Introducing structure into your programs -- More about program structure -- Defining your own data types -- More on classes -- Class inheritance and virtual functions -- Debugging techniques -- Windows programming concepts -- Windows programming with the Microsoft Foundation classes -- Working with menus and toolbars -- Drawing in a Window -- Creating the document and improving the view -- Working with dialogs and controls -- Storing and printing documents -- Writing your own DLLs -- Connecting to data sources -- Updating data sources -- Applications using Windows forms -- Accessing data sources in a Windows forms application.