A comprehensive introduction to the advanced features of the new Visual C++, this complete and thorough guide takes users step by step through the process of building applications for Win32 and highlights the most useful APIs and SDKs.

• Documents the development of two full-featured examples, including a scaleable drawing application
• Explores the development of custom controls, programming with ActiveX, DAO programming, DirectX 3.0 graphics and sound, and much more
• CD-ROM is loaded with full source code and executables