New To Windows Programming

[anachronon]

I know that I am showing my age. I have a rather complex piece of C++ software, that I wrote (many years ago) for the old DOS operating system. Long story short, I now wish to write a Windows version. I have downloaded and installed "Visual Studio Community".

However, the tutorials that I have found, only cover creating a basic window, with no real functionality. From there, everything jumps to minute specifics, where you really have to know what you are looking for. I don't. There seems to be a great gap in the information, between the basic and the detailed.

Am I looking in the wrong place? Does anyone know of a book that will help? Every book that I have found, seems to be woefully outdated. I need create menus and dialog boxes, read/write files on disk, load graphics, draw/paint...well, you get the idea. Can anyone help?

[thmm]

Yes the books about Windows programming are old but things have not changed that much.
A way to go is still the book from Charles Petzold.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1556156766/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i9

Another option is Codeproject though most articles are a bit specialized:
https://www.codeproject.com/KB/winsdk/

A good beginners tutorial is http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/

[anachronon]

Thanks for that. I downloaded the Winprog tutorial. Also, I found a free PDF copy of Charles Petzold's book. It's not that I didn't want to pay 8 or 9 bucks for the print copy. I would have preferred the print version. But, I didn't feel like waiting 6 months for delivery---once this Covid crisis is over, and the bookstores reopen. Thanks again.