>Craig,
>
>thanks for heads-up. What specifically (Ok - moderately specifically since I'm not a C++ guy) were the problems?
>

The book was written specifically for the course. It totally sucked. It didn't explain things...not a fact that it wasn't enough...many things just weren't explained. There was no example code. It was difficult to do the assignments because the book didn't explain things. I was grateful that I use VFP because the book totally lacked any explantion about OOP. I finally gave up and dropped out of the course.