* ObjectAda & MS Windows reference books
@ 1996-10-10 0:00 whiting_ms@corning.com (Matt Whiting)
1996-10-11 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: whiting_ms@corning.com (Matt Whiting) @ 1996-10-10 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
I'm a new Thomson customer having recently purchased the ObjectAda product.
I'd like to know if there are other users who would be open to some email
correspondence relative to use of this product, especially with respect to
developing Windows NT applications.
I'm new to both Ada and Windows programming (last serious software development
I did was under VMS using VAX-11 Fortran!). I have several good Ada reference
books now, but nothing for MS Windows programming. Anyone have any
recommendations as to a textbook (or two) suitable for getting started
programming the Windows interface? An Ada-based text would obviously be
ideal, but I understand that most texts covering the Windows API will be
C++ referenced.
BTW, I know that most of the info is available online, but I'm an old-fashioned
type that really prefers to kick back in a recliner with a good book,
especially when first starting out and trying to get the "big picture." I DO
like online help once I kind of know what I'm doing.
TIA.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Matthew S. Whiting, P.E. | Corning Incorporated | (607) 974-6317 phone
Manager Advanced Control Systems | HP-ME-01-034 | (607) 974-6752 fax
whiting_ms@corning.com | Corning, NY 14831 |
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: ObjectAda & MS Windows reference books
1996-10-10 0:00 ObjectAda & MS Windows reference books whiting_ms@corning.com (Matt Whiting)
@ 1996-10-11 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1996-10-11 0:00 ` whiting_ms@corning.com (Matt Whiting)
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Leake @ 1996-10-11 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
Matt Whiting asked about Windows reference books.
I recommend "Programming Windows 95", by Charles Petzold. He covers the
basics of what a Windows program must do, how to use menus, dialog
boxes, etc. All with simple C examples.
Dave Wood of Thomsoft posted a note saying he has translated the
examples in Petzold to Ada95 and included them in ObjectAda.
--
- Stephe
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: ObjectAda & MS Windows reference books
1996-10-11 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
@ 1996-10-11 0:00 ` whiting_ms@corning.com (Matt Whiting)
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: whiting_ms@corning.com (Matt Whiting) @ 1996-10-11 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
In article <325E4A62.64A8@gsfc.nasa.gov>, Stephen Leake <Stephen.Leake@gsfc.nasa.gov> writes:
> Matt Whiting asked about Windows reference books.
>
> I recommend "Programming Windows 95", by Charles Petzold. He covers the
> basics of what a Windows program must do, how to use menus, dialog
> boxes, etc. All with simple C examples.
>
> Dave Wood of Thomsoft posted a note saying he has translated the
> examples in Petzold to Ada95 and included them in ObjectAda.
--
A couple folks pointed out Dave's message to me. I think this book was in the
latest MS Press flyer I received so I'll order it!
Thanks to all who replied.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Matthew S. Whiting, P.E. | Corning Incorporated | (607) 974-6317 phone
Manager Advanced Control Systems | HP-ME-01-034 | (607) 974-6752 fax
whiting_ms@corning.com | Corning, NY 14831 |
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
end of thread, other threads:[~1996-10-11 0:00 UTC | newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages (download: mbox.gz / follow: Atom feed)
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
1996-10-10 0:00 ObjectAda & MS Windows reference books whiting_ms@corning.com (Matt Whiting)
1996-10-11 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1996-10-11 0:00 ` whiting_ms@corning.com (Matt Whiting)
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox