To use Stingray Studio effectively, you need prior knowledge of C++ and the Microsoft Foundation Class Libraries (MFC). Familiarity with the Windows Graphical Device Interface (GDI) is helpful, but is not a necessity. Here are some texts that could prove useful:

• Nishant Sivakumar, C++/CLI in Action (Manning, 2007)

• Stephen Prata, C++ Primer Plus, Fifth Edition (Sams, 2004)

• D.J. Kruglinski, S. Wingo, and G. Shepherd, Programming Microsoft Visual C++, 5th ed. (Microsoft Press, 1998).

• Brent E. Rector, Joseph M. Newcomer, Win 32 Programming (Addition Wesley, 1997)

• Jeff Prosise, Programming Windows with MFC Second Edition (Microsoft Press, 1999).

• Charles Petzold, Programming Windows 95 (Microsoft Press, 1996).

• Scot Wingo and George Shepherd, MFC Internals (Addison-Wesley Pub Co, 1996).