Object-Oriented Programming under Windows

PrefaceAcknowledgments1 Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming Language Development Principles of OOP Methods Encapsulation Methods Classes and Objects User-interface Objects Abstraction Messages and Events Inheritance Composition Inheritance in ObjectWindows Inheritance in Visual Basic Inheritance in Visual C++ Direct and Indirect Base Classes Multiple Inheritance Polymorphism Overriding Methods Summary2 Programming Languages Application Size C++ Microsoft Visual C++ Visual C++ Editions Borland C++ Borland Pascal With Objects Microsoft Visual Basic C Preliminaries Differences in C++ Classes and Functions Header and Source Files Friend Objects Function Overloading Constructors and Destructors Program Design Finding Classes Identifying Data and Methods The Class Hierarchy Installation Installing Visual C++ Installing Borland C++ Installing Borland Pascal With Objects Installing Visual Basic3 The Windows Environment Windows for the User Windows for the Programmer Windows Restrictions Windows Components Windows Functions (API) Windows Messages Resource Files4 Creating an Application Development Directories Microsoft's Visual C++ The Default Application Borland C++ Program Files Borland Pascal With Objects Program Files Visual Basic5 Windows and Dialog Boxes Types of Window Overlapping and Tiling Overlapping Tiling Active Windows The Main Window Parent and Child Windows Properties Window Handles Window Classes and Registration Registration Attributes Dialog Boxes Message Boxes Creating Dialogue Boxes in Visual C++ ObjectWindows for C++ and Pascal Visual Basic6 Controls Control Definition Creating Controls Visual C++ Borland C++ and Pascal Visual Basic The Focus Co-ordinate System The Tab Order Access Keys Access Keys for Text Boxes Group Boxes7 Standard Controls Command Buttons Labels Text Boxes Text Box Implementation Tab Stops Passwords Pen-based Systems Text Boxes and OOP Check Boxes Radio Buttons List Boxes Combo Boxes Scroll Bars Testing the Dialog Box Dialog Box Code8 Menus Drop-down Menus Creating and Editing a Menu Visual C++ ObjectWindows Visual Basic Menu Captions Sub-menus Access Keys Accelerators (shortcut Keys) Using Accelerator Keys Visual C++ ObjectWindows Visual Basic Check Marks Greyed and Disabled Items Separator Bars Attaching the Menu9 Responding to Events Events Messages Types of Message Windows Messages Control-Notification Messages Command Messages Control Messages Message Parameters Message Maps Code for Message Handlers Function Calls Object Properties Responding to Messages Adding Some Code Linking to a Menu Item Visual C++ Borland C++ Visual Basic Creating Message Handlers Visual C++ Borland C++ Visual Basic Testing the Program10 Graphics Operations Graphics Device Interface Device Contexts Device Context Defaults The Co-ordinate System Clipping Region Pens and Brushes Points, Lines and Shapes Lines Shapes Colors and Palettes Palettes Logical Palettes Text and Fonts Picture Boxes Metafiles Creating a Metafile Replaying a Metafile11 The Clipboard Clipboard Features Clipboard Messages and Functions Visual C++ ObjectWindows Visual Basic The Clipboard Viewer12 Bitmaps, Icons and Cursors Bitmaps Using Bitmaps Visual C++ Borland C++ and Pascal Visual Basic Device-independent Bitmaps Icons Visual C++ Borland C++ Visual Basic Cursors Mouse Pointer Caret Bitmaps on Toolbars Bitmaps on Menus13 Disk File Access File Operations Selecting a File Windows Functions Visual C++ ObjectWindows Visual Basic Initialisation Files14 The Help System Using The Help System Glossary Entries and Hypertext Jumps Help Window Buttons Help Menus Creating A Help Document The Help Document Context Labels Hypertext Jumps and Glossary Entries Titles and Bookmarks Searching for Key Words Other Footnotes Graphics Saving the Document Compiling the Help File Compilation The WinHelp Function15 Data Transfer Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) Initiating the Conversation Hot Link Warm Link Cold Link Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs) Visual Basic Multiple Document Interface (MDI) MDI Windows Structure MDI Functions and Messages MDI Menus Visual C++ ObjectWindows Visual BasicIndex