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Suggestions on getting new guys up to speed on MFC?

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  • M Michael P Butler

    In the good old days when MS provided books with the compiler; It was just a matter of letting them work for through the Scribble tutorial. Once they'd got through that and were happy they understood MFC concepts, we'd start 'em on simple bug fixing. Michael 'Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority.' - The Doctor: The Wheel in Space

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    Michael P Butler wrote: MS provided books with the compiler; It was just a matter of letting them work for through the Scribble tutorial. Hehe, I have their main VC++ book even though I don't even have VC6. That's where I learned C++ from. I used an old version of Borland C++ (4.5), and sorely missed being able to use MFC. Anyhow, the book has the C++ Tutorial, the Class Library User's Guide, and the Programming Techniques book all rolled into one book.

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    • R Rohit Sinha

      When I was a kid of four, I once peed on the bed.
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      Rohit Sinha

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      :wtf:

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        :wtf:

        Your sincerity about keeping the soapbox organized and civilized is so obvious. I solute your effort. -- Anonymous, 10/18/03

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        Rohit Sinha
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        Well, since everyone was sharing past memories, I thought I'd do the same. ;P
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        Rohit Sinha

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        • R Rohit Sinha

          Well, since everyone was sharing past memories, I thought I'd do the same. ;P
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          Rohit Sinha

          Meet Browsy

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          Ahah! :rolleyes:

          Your sincerity about keeping the soapbox organized and civilized is so obvious. I solute your effort. -- Anonymous, 10/18/03

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          • R Rohit Sinha

            When I was a kid of four, I once peed on the bed.
            Regards,

            Rohit Sinha

            Meet Browsy

            Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
            - Mother Teresa

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            alex barylski
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            Rohit  Sinha wrote: When I was a kid of four, I once peed on the bed. Sometimes I spit in my sleep :) I'm drinking triples, seeing double and acting single :cool:

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            • S Stuart van Weele

              I've been asked to train two fresh graduates on MFC. We've covered the very basics: dialog based applications, the basic controls and they have created a loan calculator. Any suggestions for the next steps to take? Most of the applications here are dialog bases so SDI and MDI isn't too important.

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              DRHuff
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              Make them read Code Complete by McConnell Dave Huff In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. (Yogi Berra)

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              • R Rohit Sinha

                When I was a kid of four, I once peed on the bed.
                Regards,

                Rohit Sinha

                Meet Browsy

                Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
                - Mother Teresa

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                Jon Sagara
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                :laugh:

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                • N Navin

                  Michael P Butler wrote: In the good old days when MS provided books with the compiler; Wow, you really are showing your age now, huh? :-D If your nose runs and your feet smell, then you're built upside down.

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                  Ted Ferenc
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                  At one firm I worked for there was a weight limit of 5KG for anything you could pick up the floor, the Microsoft manuals that came with the compiler, before Visual C++ 1.0 I think weighed it as c. 12Kg. which posed an interesting problem!


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                  • M Michael P Butler

                    Navin wrote: Wow, you really are showing your age now, huh? 1993-94 if I recall; Version 2 of the VC++, the one that only ran on NT. The Scribble tutorial book was a wonderful introduction to MFC programming. Wish I still had a copy. Michael 'Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority.' - The Doctor: The Wheel in Space

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                    I've still got the Scribble tutorial book, but can't recall where I got it. It may have come with VS5, the first version of VS I bought, or possibly with VC++4. As a C++ training resource it's useless, but as an introduction to programming techniques I've never had any use for, it can't be beat! "Your village called -
                    They're missing their idiot."

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                    • M Michael P Butler

                      Navin wrote: Wow, you really are showing your age now, huh? 1993-94 if I recall; Version 2 of the VC++, the one that only ran on NT. The Scribble tutorial book was a wonderful introduction to MFC programming. Wish I still had a copy. Michael 'Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority.' - The Doctor: The Wheel in Space

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                      Michael P Butler wrote: The Scribble tutorial book was a wonderful introduction to MFC programming. Wish I still had a copy. Is this[^] what your looking for? Michael Martin Australia "I suspect I will be impressed though, I am easy." - Paul Watson 21/09/2003

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                      • M Michael Dunn

                        Navin wrote: Wow, you really are showing your age now, huh? The first Symantec C++ compiler for DOS/Win 3.1 came in a box about the size of four shoe boxes, with the app on both floppy disks (about 20!) and a CD, plus about a dozen books. :omg: --Mike-- Ericahist | CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | Homepage | RightClick-Encrypt | 1ClickPicGrabber #include "witty-sig.h"

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                        Kannan Kalyanaraman
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                        Oh...I remember those DOS days, when I have to install Office which came on 25 floppies and the joy of installing apps through my first 2x cd drive :-) Those days (hardly 10 years), anything related to computers were insanely expensive here, I remember having to spend a fortune for upgrading my 386 to 8MB. Regards, Kannan

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                        • R Rohit Sinha

                          When I was a kid of four, I once peed on the bed.
                          Regards,

                          Rohit Sinha

                          Meet Browsy

                          Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
                          - Mother Teresa

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