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From: cameron@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (Cameron Farquhar)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Actor ... Please help !!!!
Keywords: Actor books etc....
Message-ID: <Wed_Apr_10_17:44:53_1991@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz>
Date: 10 Apr 91 06:14:31 GMT
Organization: Computer Science,University of Canterbury,New Zealand
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For a friend..
 
I have recently sent away an order for Actor thanks to their special
deal going at the moment but I am unclear on a few things. 

1) Do I need the SDK?
1a) If so, there are a few alternatives I beleive. What is the best one
    to get?
2) After learning Actor I will probably be writing some database
   applications. What is a good relational file manager? I have heard of
   Wintrieve and dbVista which I think will work with Actor. Are there any
   other good ones around. I do most of my programming with Clipper so am
   used to having lots of powerful features provided free-of-charge. 
3) Books. I have Petzold's book for Windows 2. Is it worth getting an
   update or is there a more Actor specific book around?

Any or all help on this would be most welcome.

		Thanks for any replies...