From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: Programming for MS-Windows
Date: 1996/09/18
Date: 1996-09-18T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1996Sep18.075628.1@eisner> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 323F0451.2FDF@thomsoft.com
In article <323F0451.2FDF@thomsoft.com>, Dave Wood <dpw@thomsoft.com> writes:
> Stephen Leake wrote:
>>
>> Marc wrote:
>> > I am looking for a textbook that might explain how to write MS-Windows
>> > applications. I have some (DOS-praogramming) experience in ADA, C and
>> > Fortran77, but the step from programming DOS applications to Windows
>> > applications seems quite huge to me.
>> > All the information I have found about writing Windows-stuff, was
>> > related to learning C++, something I do not intend right now.
>> >
>>
>> I just picked up a copy of "Programming Windows 95" by Charles Petzold,
>> from Microsoft Press. He explains how Windows works, using C code as
>> examples. No C++, no GUI builders, no IDEs to get in the way. Given a
>> thin Ada binding to the Windows API, this is the book you want.
>>
>
> By the way, we have converted the Petzold
> examples into Ada 95 and include them with
> ObjectAda for Windows.
Thank you !!!
Larry Kilgallen
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-09-16 0:00 Programming for MS-Windows Marc
1996-09-16 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1996-09-17 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1996-09-18 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
1996-09-17 0:00 ` Jim Dorman
1996-09-17 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
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