Message-ID: <36660B03.9C0B716A@montana.com> Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 20:52:35 -0700 From: bowman X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: new in RSXNTDJ References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com "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.