Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!chinet!patrickd
From: patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Deupree)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Poor-man's windows programming?
Keywords: SDK, windows programming
Message-ID: <1990Feb12.201920.27908@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 12 Feb 90 20:19:20 GMT
References: <25ca3f73.ee8@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Reply-To: patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Deupree)
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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In article <25ca3f73.ee8@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> jdudeck@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (John R. Dudeck) writes:
>
>Is there any way to do windows programming without buying the SDK?
>Some of us are poor students that would like to experiment writing
>Windows programs, but I can't figure out how to find out what the
>Windows system calls are or how to make them from MS C if I don't
>have a library of windows support routines (I do have Windows/286 2.1).

Well, John, one option is to buy Actor for $99 (the educational discount).
It won't be C code, but it will allow you to create a stand along Windows
App.  The only other option is the SDK since pretty much every other
Windows development tool requires it.
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