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From: gyugyi@portia.Stanford.EDU (Paul Gyugyi)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: My impressions of Actor 3.0
Message-ID: <1990Jul3.192025.16499@portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 3 Jul 90 19:20:25 GMT
References: <500@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU>
Organization: AIR, Stanford University
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In article <500@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU> tim@chaos.math.uakron.edu (Timothy Smith) writes:
>
>I just received actor 3.0 from the WhiteWater Group... And have started
>to use it
>for small programs.. The speed of the code seems very good.. The documentation
[...]
>prefered 3-ring  binders..  From what people were saying about actor I
I like the paperback books myself.  They take up less room, although they
aer less durable.

>thought you
>could create stand-alone applications using actor... They were wrong..
>you cannot
>You must either have the windows developers kit or BUY another product from 
>WhiteWater... for $195.. :-(  So the total cost (list) of using this product

This is just so wrong I'm not even going to wait to let Patrick respond.
To make resources, you can use the PD program icondr.exe to make your icons,
and bitmaps can be done in paintbrush, and dialogs can be hand made (ugh,)
or thrown together quickly using dynamic dialog and menu creation in Actor
(one of the nicer features).  The SDK or resource kit are simply easier ways
of doing this.  The Actor documentation of WIndows calls is better than I expected,
and you can always buy the SDK reference manuals at B. Daltons if you need more
information.

Actor has a very good section describing how to seal off and application, and
guides you through the process.  The only problem I can see would be making 
your own icons.  The rc.exe resource compiler is included with Actor.

If you have any questions on making icons, or want to know how to get icondr,
I'd be happy to help you out.
>
>tim smith
>tim@chaos.math.uakron.edu
>
>
>#include <std.disclaimer>

-Paul Gyugyi
Stanford University. just a grad student)
Absoultely no involvement with The Whitewater group, aside from a happy
customer.
gyugyi@portia.stanford.edu