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	Chapter 20 - Concepts and Tools for Windows Applications
	Visual C++ 6: The Complete Reference
	Chris H. Pappas and William H. Murray, III

Copyright 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies

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	Chapter 20: Concepts and Tools for Windows Applications

	Overview

	Microsoft’s main development language for 32-bit Windows applications is C or C++. In the past, assembly language has played a major role in speed-sensitive situations, but you will find that the majority of code for Windows itself is written in C or C++. Microsoft has provided all of the necessary tools with this version of the compiler for developing 32-bit Windows programs from within the language environment. This chapter will deal with the features that relate to a 32-bit procedure-oriented approach to Windows application development.

	All of the Windows applications in this book are designed with the development tools provided with the Microsoft C++ compiler. When installing your Microsoft Visual C++ compiler, make sure that the setup program includes all of the available tools for Windows application development.

	This chapter is divided into three major sections. The first section deals with the language, definitions, and terms used with Windows. This section also includes a discussion of the graphics-based environment. The second section is devoted to a discussion of those Windows items most frequently used by application developers. Here, Windows components such as borders, icons, bitmaps, and so on are examined. The third section includes a description of Windows resources and many of the Visual C++ tools provided for building them. Windows resources include icons, cursors, bitmaps, menus, hot keys, dialog boxes, and fonts.

	Note		Throughout the remainder of this book the term Windows will refer to both the Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT environments. If specific versions are important, then the terms “Windows 95,” “Windows 98,” or “Windows NT” will be used.

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