From: pgarceau AT teleport DOT com (Paul Garceau) Subject: Online Book (was Re: DirectX (was Re: server X)) 29 Sep 1998 19:13:57 -0700 Message-ID: <199809290908.CAA21748.cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com> References: <360FBF0D DOT BCCB12B1 AT sjakk DOT fi> Reply-To: pgarceau AT teleport DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Hi folks, On 28 Sep 98, at 18:53, the Illustrious h5 AT sjakk DOT fi wrote: > There's an online book about DirectX available at: > www.pbg.mcgraw-hill.com/betabooks/root/index.html > It should include everything about the DirectX ind Win9x *and* WinNT Thanks for the information...I was so excited that I had to check it out, so thought I'd give a brief review: The book seems to be fairly complete except for a couple of things...it pre-supposes that you are using MSVC/C++ or one of the MS development suites...It also presupposes that you will be using MFC for all of your C++ interfacing; MFC doesn't work with anything but MSVC/C++ and Borland 5.x. It doesn't even mention NT except on the cover. In fact, the text states specifically that you should read "Programming Win95" before getting too far into the book itself. The actual DirectX calls referenced are, for the most part, incompatible with Gnu-Win32. The book also assumes that you have a completely functioning collection of the latest _released_ MS proprietary DirectX API sets, specifically DirectX 6. The book does take some time to give brief tutorials of MFC and COM. Beyond that, however, it hasn't much to offer for anyone who doesn't use MSVC/C++ or Borland C/C++ under the Win9x OS. If you're using Win9x and MSVC/C++ or Borland, it might be worth checking out...otherwise, don't bother. Peace, Paul G. Information Systems Consultant NewDawn Productions http://www.teleport.com/~pgarceau/newdawn/ - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".