This chapter introduced the Microsoft Foundation Class Library tutorial, shows you how to use it, and explained how to build and run the example programs.
The next chapter explores the Microsoft Foundation Class Library's collection classes and introduces the fundamentals of designing with objects. Even if you're anxious to get to the Windows chapters, this chapter is worth reading.
Chapter 3 demonstrates the fundamentals of Windows programming with the Microsoft Foundation Class Library. You'll build a simple Windows version of the familiar “Hello, World!” program.
Chapters 4 through 6 take you deeper into Windows programming with the Microsoft Foundation Class Library. You'll build a small but complete Windows application called PHBOOK, which uses the data model designed in Chapter 2 to implement a simple personal phone list program.
Chapter 4 also briefly discusses the CMDBOOK program, which provides a character-based parallel to PHBOOK.
In addition to the tutorial and its example programs, your distribution disks contain many other examples that use the Microsoft Foundation Classes. For non-Windows applications, see TEMPLDEF and RESTOOL. For Windows applications, see CHART, MULTIPAD, and SHOWFONT, among others. A README file explains what these applications do and what programming techniques they demonstrate.