From: Stephen Leake <Stephen.Leake@gsfc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: Programming for MS-Windows
Date: 1996/09/16
Date: 1996-09-16T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <323D843C.3625@gsfc.nasa.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 323D9F00.2F6@infaut.et.uni-magdeburg.de
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.
--
- Stephe
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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 [this message]
1996-09-17 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1996-09-18 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-17 0:00 ` Jim Dorman
1996-09-17 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
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