I purchased Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++ 6 in 21 Days. I've learned more about programming MFC from that book in 1 day than I did trying to make sense out of Microsoft's MSDN files in 2 months. Of course, now all of Microsoft's tutorials make a lot more sense, but all they do is tell you HOW...they don't explain WHY. It's hard to learn what to do without knowing when to apply it.
Ian