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From: thj@mtcchi.uucp (XT0221000-Tom Hjellming(ZG90210)0000)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: MS Windows 3.0 - New Books
Message-ID: <1990Jul5.142709.25542@mtcchi.uucp>
Date: 5 Jul 90 14:27:09 GMT
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altman@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Jeff Altman) writes:

>Well, I walked into my local B Daltons today and guess what I found?

>A whole slew of new Windows Programming Books from Microsoft.

>Here's the list:

>MS Windows Guide to Programming   1-55615-308-2  $29.95
>MS Windows Programming Tools      1-55615-310-4  $24.95
>MS Windows Programmer's Reference 1-55615-309-0  $39.95

>The following title are recommended on the inside cover as well,
>of course they are also from MS Press:

>Programming Windows 2nd Ed.  Charles Petzold  release date October 90
>Windows: Programmer's Problem Solver  Richard Wilton       November 90

>and the all famous (should have been included with the program)
>MS C Run-time Library Reference  1-55615-225-6     $22.95

>Hope someone who actually buys these things could let the rest
>of us know whether they are useful or not.

hmm, interesting.  These titles match almost exactly the names of the manuals 
that came with my Win 3.0 SDK:
    MS Windows Software Development Kit:  Guide to Programming
    MS Windows Software Development Kit:  Tools
    MS Windows Software Development Kit:  Reference

The part numbers do not match and the Reference manual is actually split
into two volumes (Vol 1 has parts I and II, Vol 2 has part III).

Maybe I'll stop in my nearest B Dalton and compare the contents.

Microsoft may be splitting the documentation and software for Win 3.0 development
just like they do it for OS/2 PM.

--
Tom Hjellming
Analysts International Corp. (AiC)
Schaumburg, IL  60195