Absolute beginner required reading?

[lewisp]

Hi all,

I'm new to C++ and MSVC++ and I'd like to read up on creating MFC applications. Can you recommend any books that will teach someone like me who knows C and understands the concepts of C++.

The app I want to build will be an IRC-like utility, with a text entry edit box which sends a message when the user hits the return key. The displayed text will be in a rich edit box (I assume), as I want to show text in different colours, fonts, bold etc.

Up to now I get a 'failed to create empty document' error every time I try to use a rich edit control on a form view, and the MSDN does not seem to want to give me any help at all.

Any books that can instruct me on how to do this would be most useful....

Thanks in advance.

 

[Cagliostro]

look in the forums tab "Links" John Fill

ivfmd@mail.md

 

[lewisp]

Hi John,

Thanks for your response. I've browsed and browsed but can't find anything thats either specific to my query or helpful to a beginner like me.

Can you be a bit more specific please?

 

[Cagliostro]

open the VisualC++ forum and see tabs on the top:

Home > Forum Areas > Programmers > Development Tools
Microsoft: Visual C++ Forum (2940 members)
forum116
/-----\ /-------\ /-----\ /----- /forum\/Keyword\/ FAQs \/ Links / \ search \ \ ---------------------------- John Fill

ivfmd@mail.md

 

[lewisp]

John,

Thanks again for your response. I did browse the links tab, but I was asking if theres anything specific you could point me at within that, or if theres any books anyone could recommend for my specific problem.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Cagliostro]

I recommend any books on Windows programming in C (not C++). John Fill

ivfmd@mail.md