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Product type Book

Published in Sep 2016

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786464224

Pages 588 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Concepts

Application Development

Author (1):

Stefan Björnander

Table of Contents (22) Chapters

C++ Windows Programming

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewer

www.PacktPub.com

Dedication

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Hello, Small World!

3. Building a Tetris Application

4. Working with Shapes and Figures

5. The Figure Hierarchy

6. Building a Word Processor

7. Keyboard Input and Character Calculation

8. Building a Spreadsheet Application

9. Formula Interpretation

10. The Framework

11. The Document

12. The Auxiliary Classes

13. The Registry, Clipboard, Standard Dialogs, and Print Preview

14. Dialogs, Controls, and Page Setup

Rational and Complex Numbers

An overview of Small Windows

Here is a short description of the classes of Small Windows:

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Authors (1)

Stefan Björnander

Stefan Björnander is the author of the books Microsoft Windows C++ and C++ Windows Programming. He holds a Master of Engineering and a Licentiate in Computer Science. He has worked as a software developer and as a teacher in computer science and mathematics for many years.

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Chapter	Class	Description
10	`Application`	This is the `main` class of Small Windows. It manages the message loop and registration of Windows classes.
10	`Window`	This the root `Window` class. It creates individual windows and provides basic window functionality, such as mouse, touch, and keyboard input, drawing, zooming, timer, focus, size, and coordinate systems.
10	`Graphics`	This is the class for drawing lines, rectangles, ellipses, and text in the client area of the window.
11	`Document` extends `Window`	This extends the window with document functionality, such as scrolling, caret handling, and drop files.
11	`Menu`	This handles menu bars, menus, menu items, and the menu separator.
11	`Accelerator`	This extracts accelerator information from the menu item texts.
11	`StandardDocument` extends `Document`	This provides a document-based framework with the common File, Edit, and Help menu...