The MFC is a library that provides a collection of C++ classes, taking the drudgery out of writing software for Windows. The classes are targeted at the features an application needs - such as status bars, the implementations required for multiple document windows, and support for context-sensitive help - which means that using MFC could save coding time which can be used to implement other features in an application. This book gives a detailed discussion of the majority of classes present in Microsoft's application framework library, and the tools provided by Visual C++ 6. Throughout the book, the reader learns how all of the features in the environment come together with the features of MFC, giving the power to develop your application.