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From: dea@hpsesrwd.HP.COM (Bob Dea)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Programming in MS Windows..
Message-ID: <4040002@hpsesrwd.HP.COM>
Date: 16 Oct 90 23:35:44 GMT
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To program under MS Windows in C you will need to buy a copy of
MS Windows SDK from Microsoft.  The SDK is a set of libraries
that allow you to create MS Windows applications.  You will also
need a copy of Microsoft C Compiler 5.X or 6.0.  The two books
on programming MS Widows is "Programming Windows" by Charles Petzold.
I heard he will be coming out with a Win 3.0 version soon.
"Programmers's Guide to Windows" by David Durant, Geta Calson and
Paul Yau.  Again the current version talks about Win 2.0 only.
The MS Windows SDK contains books on programming under Windows.
I think MS Press also sells these books by themselves.  For hints
in creating Windows applications you can subscribe to the 
"Microsoft Systems Journal".  It contains articles on MS Windows
programming.  If you do not want to program in C you have a few
choices 1) Actor (OOP like language), 2) Zortec C++ 2.1 (Requires SDK),
3) Toolbook (Hypercard), 4) others???