Harvey Deitel and Paul Deitel are principals of Deitel & Associates, Inc., a leader in programming training; and authors of C++ How to Program and Java How to Program -- each the #1 book in its market. They have taught 500,000 programmers.

T.R. Nieto, an MIT graduate, is senior lecturer at Deitel & Associates.

Edward T. Strassberger is the owner of Strassberger Software Training, Inc.

This companion to C++ How to Program, Second Edition -- the world's most widely used C++ textbook -- carefully explains how to use Microsoft's Visual Studio 6 integrated development environment (IDE) and Visual C++ 6 to create Windows programs using the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC). Key topics include: Win32 and console applications; online documentation and Web resources; GUI controls; dialog boxes; graphics; message handling; the resource definition language; and the debugger. The book includes 15 "live-code" Visual C++/MFC programs with screen captures; dozens of tips, recommended practices and cautions; and exercises accompanying every chapter. This book is part of a family of resources for teaching and learning C++, including a Web site with the book's code examples, an optional interactive CD-ROM (C & C++ Multimedia Cyberclassroom), and more