Know any good books or web site? I want to learn Win API and MFC, and other win prog( if it exists). I read WGPG by lamothe. But i want more I recently read the gamedev tutorial (md3 viewer, with MFC) and I want to know the specifics. And I want to know , was Qradiant and unrealED built with MFC ? If so how cant you have a dynamic Image list with all the textures on it, and with the texture name underneth? Did the guys at Id or epic create there own image list control, or does it exist(free of course) somewhere ? Basicly ,I want to learn to make an editor

Try winprog.org for the Win32 API. I personally hate MFC (I''ll never use it again), that''s just an opinion though. Other template libraries are designed better, and some are ever cross platform (wxWindows for example). I''m sure you can come up with some MFC links if you choose to use it, I can''t remember any off the top of my head.


http://druidgames.cjb.net/

I Like MFC ok, but I must admit the majority of it is hooey. Since you only end up using like 1/10th of what it has, it''s a drag to have to link to such a big library.

Also alot of the problems with the general hassle of using windows controls is not MFC''s fault. The core windows controls themselves were very poorly designed, in my opinion. They have tried to patch various aspects of them, but of course Microsoft has focused more on their little pet projects rather than actually giving us useful controls.

Maybe I''ll start another thread so we can bash Microsoft and MFC some more hehe.

As far as books go, I definitely would recommend Petzold for general windows stuff, and Prosise for MFC. They are a little long-winded, and have alot of code samples, which can get boring, but I think in general they both hit alot of issues right on the money. Of course they are more for beginner level to medium level. You very quickly get to the point where they don''t go into the detail you may like.

DSutherland