I'm ashamed to say I bought this book. I read it in about an hour. He has a few tricks to teach us about how to make windows components dance around, dissappear, change etc. So what? Where is the meat of C++ programming in this book. He knows his way around the Windows API, so what. He knows how to freak out his co-workers. So what. Where is Scott Meyers when you need him? Where is Andrew LaMott ( <== spelling? ) ....I was expecting to see some C++ tricks and was disappointed. TCP/IP is great for sending/receiving stuff. So what. Where is the C++ stuff in this book. Look around for another book to show you some C++ stuff. This ain't the one.