Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/12/02/22:54:33
"Van Hees, Michel" wrote:
>
> Can somebody indicate me what package I need to D/L and where can I
> found some tutorial about windows programming method.
I haven't seen a good tutorial on the web. There are several decent
books, however. Charles Petzhold's 'Programming Windows' has been
through several editions and titles, and is probably still the best
introductory book. I've seen the 5th edition in the bookstore, and it
covers new ground, and seems a little better than the Windows95 one.
Herb Schildt has a book out also. I've seen that also, and it looks
decent. Those are about the only two C and API Windows programming books
commonly available. Most current books deal with MFC.
The biggest problem is the API documentation. The Waite Group has been
publishing 'API Bibles'. The Win95 one is up to three volumes. I've had
a problem finding it, even with special ordering, except for remaindered
volumes, so I'm a little behind. Amazon might carry the latest.
MS has a boxed set of documentation, but it is US$135, and covers a lot
of territory not of interest.
Another option is the VC++ Learning Edition, which runs about US$90. The
documentation is there, though it might be painful to extract. I don't
know about 6.0, but much of the 5.0 docs were in a homegrown MS format,
and not readily read except from DeveloperStudio. The temptation when
that is fired up is just to let the wizards do the walking and learn
MFC.
The basics are not that hard, once you get the scheme of the messaging,
but some of the APIs can be confusing. Some tasks, like actually putting
anything on the screen, makes you love text oriented DOS programming.
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