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From: jke@tko.vtt.fi (Kemppainen Jukka)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: First impressions about Turbo Pascal for Windows
Message-ID: <jke.671195411@tko>
Date: 9 Apr 91 11:10:11 GMT
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Turbo Pascal for Windows (TPW) is really great: I have tried it for
a short time now (received it on Friday, 5th):

- I could easily compile my text based programs to windows environment by just
  adding one line 'WinCrt,' in the USES section of my program modules:
  they can now use all the memory available!!!
- the TPW compiles really fast (no waiting like in MSC or even BCC)
- there are nice demo programs: calculator, how to use DDE and so on
- ObjectWindows library makes the creation of real Windows programs much
  easier than before

But there are also something missing:
- documentation about Windows programming is missing for example
  information about how to create programs with printing features
- reference guide for Windows functions is included but there are no examples
  (or example source code) of each topics
- the programmers guide for Windows is easy to read but lacks many details,
  like how to use different coordinate systems

Jukka Kemppainen
Technical Research Centre of Finland
Computer Technology Laboratory
e-mail: jke@tko.vtt.fi