About what to learn.............

[darwen]

Sorry to say this but it sounds like you're trying to run before you can walk.

If you go into ATL in C++ without a very firm understanding of C++ it will make your head spin around and explode.

I would stick to VC++ for now until you need to learn something else.

C# is much nicer than C++ in the respect that you don't have to delete objects : but it could potentially cause problems if you need to go back to C++.

If I were going to do it I'd forget C++ for now and learn C#. Or forget C# and learn C++. And when I say learn I mean learn very very well.

Otherwise you'll know bits about everything but not be able to properly use anything.

And knowing how to bring up a dialog box and use a wizard to create an MDI etc isn't knowing MFC. That's just the beginning...

Darwen.