From: Weiqi Gao Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Defecting Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 14:08:21 +0000 Organization: CRL Network Services Lines: 33 Message-ID: <373D7FD5.DC3BDCC3@a.crl.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: a116018.stl1.as.crl.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.36 i586) X-Accept-Language: en To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Paul Richards wrote: > > Hi, > I've just defected to the other side by getting MS VC++, mainly to get > DirectX and Direct3D stuff. I just have a few questions.. Congratulations. And enjoy the chase (of the elusive Microsoft Knowledge, most of them will be obsolete before you grasp them, past examples: 640K memory barrier, Windows API, the WinG; current examples: Video for Windows, VBScript, Microsoft J++; future examples: Win32, MFC.) > Can someone recommend a good NG about MS VC? There are plenty in the comp.os.ms-windows.* hierarchy. None of them are not recommended now. Five years ago, some Microsoft engineers participated in those groups, like the DCOM draft author in the ole group and Blazhachck(?) in the general groups. But they have since graduated into the famous authors' rank, and are nowhere to be seen anymore. > Can someone tell me of a good book to learn Win32+MFC considering that I > already know quite a bit of C++ already? Subscribe to the MSDN. That's the only way to learn Microsoft stuff. > What exactly is Win32 and MFC? Get the MSDN and read it through. -- Weiqi Gao weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com