Lesson 1 -Building Your First Windows Application

1.1 : Creating a Windows Application

1.2 : Creating a Dialog-Based Application

1.3 : Creating DLLs, Console Applications, and More

1.4 : Changing Your AppWizard Decisions

1.5 : Understanding AppWizard’s Code

1.6 : Understanding a MDI Application

1.7 : Understanding the Components of a Dialog-Based Application

Lesson 2 - Dialogs and Controls

2.1 : Understanding Dialog Boxes

2.2 : Creating a Dialog Box Resource

2.3 : Writing a Dialog Box Class

2.4 : Using the Dialog Box Class

Lesson 3 - Messages and Commands

3.1 : Understanding Message Routing

3.2 : Understanding Message Loops

3.3 : Reading Message Maps

3.4 : Learning How ClassWizard Helps You Catch Messages

3.5 : Recognizing Messages

3.6 : Understanding Commands

3.7 : Understanding Command Updates

3.8 : Learning How ClassWizard Helps You Catch Commands and Command Updates

Lesson 4 - Documents and Views

4.1 : Understanding the Document Class

4.2 : Understanding the View Class

4.3 : Creating the Rectangles Application

4.4 : Other View Classes

4.5 : Document Templates, Views, and Frame Windows

Lesson 5 - Drawing on the Screen

5.1 :Understanding Device Contexts

5.2 : Introducing the Paint1 Application

5.3 : Building the Paint1 Application

5.4 : Scrolling Windows

5.5 : Building the Scroll Application

Lesson 6 - Building a Complete Application: ShowString

6.1 : Building an Application That Displays a String

6.2 : Building the ShowString Menus

6.3 : Building the ShowString Dialog Boxes

6.4 : Making the Menu Work

6.5 : Making the Dialog Box Work

6.6 : Adding Appearance Options to the Options Dialog Box

Lesson 7 -  Status Bars and Toolbars

7.1 : Working with Toolbars

7.2 : Working with Status Bars

Lesson 8 - Common Controls

8.1 : The Progress Bar Control

8.2 : The Up-Down Control

8.3 : The Image List Control

8.4 : The List View Control

8.5 : The Tree View Control

8.6 : The Rich Edit Control

8.7 : The Date Picker Control

8.8 : Month Calendar Control

8.9 : Scrolling the View

Lesson 9 - Property Pages and Sheets

9.1 : Introducing Property Sheets

9.2 : Creating the Property Sheet Demo Application

9.3 : Running the Property Sheet Demo Application

Lesson 10 - ActiveX Concepts

10.1 : The Purpose of ActiveX

10.2 : Object Linking

10.3 : Object Embedding

10.4 : Containers and Servers

10.5 : Toward a More Intuitive User Interface

10.6 : The Component Object Model

10.7 : Automation

10.8 : ActiveX Controls

Lesson 11 -  Building an ActiveX Control

11.1 : Creating a Rolling-Die Control

11.2 : Displaying the Current Value

11.3 : Reacting to a Mouse Click and Rolling the Die

11.4 : Creating a Better User Interface

11.5 : Generating Property Sheets

Lesson 12 - Database Access

12.1 : Understanding Database Concepts

12.2 : Creating an ODBC Database Program

12.3 : Choosing Between ODBC and DAO

12.4 : OLE DB