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From: tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen)
Subject: Frequently Asked Questions: DIFF, comp.windows.ms.programmer edition
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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1991 11:10:04 GMT
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>    19.  Windows programmer's bibliography
> 
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< 	designed for Microsoft C 5.1/6.0 and Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.1,
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> 	designed for Microsoft C 5.1/6.0 and Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.1/6.0,
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> 	    - Microsoft Visual Basic		1.0
> 
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< 	    - Stonybrook Modula-2		2.0+
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> 	    - Microsoft Pascal			5.0
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> 	    - Turbo Pascal for Windows		1.0
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< 	    - Microsoft Pascal			5.0
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> 	    - Stonybrook Modula-2		2.0+
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< 	    - Turbo Pascal for Windows		1.0
< 	Of these, Borland C++ and Turbo Pascal for Windows include their
< 	own Windows libraries, and do not require you to purchase a Windows
< 	SDK (although you will need to buy the SDK documentation, which is
< 	available separately).  Applications written using Borland C++  will
< 	not run in Windows 3.0 Real Mode, nor do they permit the use of
< 	huge pointers.
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> 	Of these, Borland C++, Visual Basic and Turbo Pascal for Windows
> 	include their own Windows libraries, and do not require you to
> 	purchase a Windows SDK (although you will need to buy the SDK
> 	documentation, which is available separately).  Applications written
> 	using Borland C++ will not run in Windows 3.0 Real Mode, nor do they
> 	permit the use of huge pointers.
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< 	CVW, which is similar to the DOS version of Codeview, requires a
< 	secondary monitor; a serial terminal can not be used.  CVW is
< 	included with the Windows SDK; MultiScope is a separate product.
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> 	The CVW, which is similar to the DOS version of Codeview, included
> 	with the SDK requires a secondary monitor; a serial terminal can 
> 	not be used (a single-monitor version, CVW 3.05, is included with
> 	Microsoft C 6.0ax, and is also available separately from Microsoft).
> 	CVW is included with the Windows SDK; MultiScope is a separate product.
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> 	txt2rtf					[shareware conversion tool]
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<     can also be found on cica).
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>     and txt2rtf can also be found on cica).
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> 18. What books are there that I should be using for Windows programming?
> 
> >>  First of all, if you don't have an SDK, you'll want the SDK docs:
> 	SDK Reference -- Volume 1
> 		Microsoft Press, 1990, part no. 06856
> 	SDK Reference -- Volume 2
> 		Microsoft Press, 1990, part no. 06857
> 	SDK Guide to Programming
> 		Microsoft Press, 1990, part no. 06854
> 	SDK Tools
> 		Microsoft Press, 1990, part no. 06854
> 	SAA CUA Advanced Interface Design Guide
> 		IBM, 1989, part no. SC26-4582-0
>     Then you can get into the "aftermarket" books:
> 	Charles Petzold: Programming Windows, 2e
> 		Microsoft Press, 1990, ISBN 1-55615-264-7
> 	Jeffrey M. Richter: Windows 3: A Developer's Guide
> 		M&T Books, 1991, ISBN 1-55851-164-4

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