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C++ Windows Programming

By : Stefan Björnander
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C++ Windows Programming

By: Stefan Björnander

Overview of this book

It is critical that modern developers have the right tools to build practical, user-friendly, and efficient applications in order to compete in today’s market. Through hands-on guidance, this book illustrates and demonstrates C++ best practices and the Small Windows object-oriented class library to ease your development of interactive Windows applications. Begin with a focus on high level application development using Small Windows. Learn how to build four real-world applications which focus on the general problems faced when developing graphical applications. Get essential troubleshooting guidance on drawing, spreadsheet, and word processing applications. Finally finish up with a deep dive into the workings of the Small Windows class library, which will give you all the insights you need to build your own object-oriented class library in C++.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
C++ Windows Programming
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Dedication
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Introduction

An overview of Small Windows


Here is a short description of the classes of Small Windows:

Chapter

Class

Description

10

Application

This is the main class of Small Windows. It manages the message loop and registration of Windows classes.

10

Window

This the root Window class. It creates individual windows and provides basic window functionality, such as mouse, touch, and keyboard input, drawing, zooming, timer, focus, size, and coordinate systems.

10

Graphics

This is the class for drawing lines, rectangles, ellipses, and text in the client area of the window.

11

Document extends Window

This extends the window with document functionality, such as scrolling, caret handling, and drop files.

11

Menu

This handles menu bars, menus, menu items, and the menu separator.

11

Accelerator

This extracts accelerator information from the menu item texts.

11

StandardDocument extends Document

This provides a document-based framework with the common File, Edit, and Help menu...