What next?

[V(ery) Basic]

So, i've got a pretty good grip of console-based C++ apps. (I bought Teach Yourself C++ In 21 Days, becasue the visual flavour was sold out)

Where do I go from here?

(And don't say to hell)

[CthulhuDragon]

Well, if you just want to learn windows (and I'm assuming thats what you want). I recommend Charles Petzold's Programming Windows 5th Edition by Microsoft Press. This is mostly C based and does not touch MFC at all, but it is a wonderful guide to the Windows API. I have also seen copies of the 4th Edition on discount racks for a few dollars. I would recommend that as well since it includes things that the 5th edition leaves out (toolbars, status bars). I would use those to get a good handle on Programming apps with the API alone and then maybe go to MFC.

[parksie]

From here, you have the basics of most of windows. Also, it's a good idea to get a copy of the Platform SDK, freely downloadable from MSDN. It has everything in the API, and then some (650 megs of documentation and samples ). You can download it in chunks depending on what you need.