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From: jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Books on Borland C++ and Windows
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Date: 9 Mar 91 21:31:25 GMT
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Well, I've been toying with the new Borland C++ 2.0 and Windows 3.0, and I
have been having one BITCH of a time.  I have found that the problem with
Windows programming has not been the actual code, it's the damned
compilation!  I would like to find some books with good, comprehensive
examples of programming for Windows underneath Borland C++.

I have Peter Norton's Power Guide to Windows Programming and the Microsoft
Press Guide to Programming Windows, and these have plenty of code examples,
however I need MUCH more information on using Borland C++ for setting up my
.DEF, .RC, .C, .PRJ, .MAK, etc. files, then compiling correctly, defining
the correct EXPORTS, etc.

I NEED SERIOUS HELP HERE.  The Borland manuals are highly disjointed here.
One manual covers the Whitewater Resource Toolkit, another manual has a 27
page introduction to Windows programming (big help there), one has a
reference, etc.  The WINPRIMR.DOC file is okay, but still not enough.

This is really driving me up a wall.  Oh, I just compiled FFIND.PRJ and
found that it dies under WIN /R....haven't tested otherwise though.  And
PRJ2MAK isn't working the way it should....it doesn't work at all!  

Gads, if only they had better documentation.....

Brian