ID Number: Q81705
3.00
WINDOWS
Summary:
The listing below is intended to demonstrate the variety of books and
periodicals on the market today that discuss programming in the
Windows graphical environment. None of these publications is
recommended over any other, nor over any that are absent from the
list. Each of the publications has its own strengths and weaknesses.
Before making any purchase, examine the publication to see if it meets
your needs. All prices listed were copied from the cover.
You may distribute this list freely, provided that you do not make any
changes to it.
Please send any additions, updates, or corrections to the author at
one of the following e-mail addresses:
Matt Leber
CompuServe: 76150,2546
Internet: mattle@microsoft.com
More Information:
Last update: 4 March 1992
BOOKS
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Borland C++ Programming for Windows
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Authors: Peter Norton and Paul Yao
Publisher: Bantam Computer Books
ISBN: 0-553-35143-5
Price: US$29.95
Subjects: Borland Application Framework for Windows (OWL -- Object
Windows Library). Assumes knowledge of C++ and teaches the
organization of the OWL libraries and making OWL work with
Windows.
Developing Windows 3 Applications with Microsoft SDK
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Author: Brent Rector
Publisher: SAMS
ISBN: 0-672-22802-5
Price: US$29.95
Subjects: Text Output, Graphical Output, Keyboard Input, Mouse
Input, Timer Input, Controls, Dialog Boxes, Menus and
Accelerators, Icons, String Resources, Printing, Memory
Management, Fonts, Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs), Custom
Controls, Multiple Document Interface (MDI), Dynamic Data
Exchange (DDE)
Microsoft Windows 3 Developer's Workshop
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Author: Richard Wilton
Publisher: Microsoft Press
ISBN: 1-55615-244-2
Price: US$24.95
Subjects: Windows Design, Debugging, Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs),
Custom Controls, Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), Subclassing
Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit Guide to Programming
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Author: Microsoft
Publisher: Microsoft Press
ISBN: 1-55615-308-2
Price: Included with the Microsoft Windows Software Development
Kit or available separately for US$29.95
Subjects: Overview of the Windows Environment, Output to a Window,
Keyboard Input, Mouse Input, Timer Input, Controls, Dialog
Boxes, Menus and Accelerators, Icons, String Resources,
Mouse Cursor, Printing, File Input and Output, Bitmaps,
Clipboard, Color Palettes, Memory Management, Fonts,
Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs), Custom Controls, Multiple
Document Interface (MDI), Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) with
Program Manager
Peter Norton's Windows 3.0 Power Programming Techniques
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Authors: Peter Norton and Paul Yao
Publisher: Bantam Computer Books
ISBN: 0-553-34940-6
Price: US$26.95
Subjects: Text Output, Messaging, Graphical Output, Keyboard Input,
Mouse Input, Controls, Dialog Boxes, Menus and
Accelerators, Icons, String Resources, Printing, Memory
Management, Far Heap Management, Dynamic Link Libraries
(DLLs)
Programming Windows 3.0
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Author: Charles Petzold
Publisher: Microsoft Press
ISBN: 1-55615-264-7
Price: US$29.95
Subjects: Text Output, Graphical Output, Keyboard Input, Mouse
Input, Timer Input, Controls, Dialog Boxes, Menus and
Accelerators, Icons, Bitmaps, String Resources, Printing,
Window Subclassing, Memory Management, Fonts, Dynamic Link
Libraries (DLLs), Multiple Document Interface (MDI),
Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)
Windows 3: A Developer's Guide
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Author: Jeffrey M. Richter
Publisher: M&T Books
ISBN: 1-55851-164-4
Price: US$39.95
Subjects: Anatomy of a Window, Subclassing and Superclassing,
Controls, Dialog Boxes, Printing, Custom Controls,
Multiple Document Interface (MDI), Dynamic Data Exchange
(DDE) with Program Manager, Tasks, Message Queues, Message
Hooks
Windows 3.0 Programming Primer
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Author: Alan Southerton
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-55078-4
Price: US$34.95
Subjects: Windows, Menus, Dialog Boxes, GDI Graphics, GDI Text,
General GDI
Windows System Programming
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Authors: Peter Wilken and Dirk Honekamp
Publisher: Abacus
ISBN: 1-55755-116-2
Price: US$39.95
Subjects: Windows Applications Basics, Text Output, Dialog Boxes,
Displaying Graphics, Colors and Bitmaps, Multiple Document
Interface (MDI), Clipboard, Timer, Dynamic Data Exchange
(DDE), Hooks, Printing, The Serial Interface, Dynamic Link
Libraries (DLLs), Windows Memory Management
Writing Windows Device Drivers
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Author: Daniel A. Norton
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-57795-X
Price: US$29.92 (C$38.95 in Canada)
Subjects: Windows Operating Modes, GDI-The Graphics Display
Interface, Printer and Plotter Drivers, Display Drivers,
System Drivers, Virtual Device Drivers, Virtual Driver
Services, System Virtual Drivers, Nonstandard Device
Drivers, Driver Installation
PERIODICALS
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Microsoft Systems Journal
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ISSN: 0889-9932
Address: Circulation Department
P.O. Box 1903
Marion, OH 44305
800-669-1002
Windows/DOS Developer's Journal
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ISSN:
Address: 1601 West 23rd Street, Suite 200
Post Office Box 3127
Lawrence, KS 66046-0127
913-841-1631
Fax: 913-841-2624
Windows Tech Journal
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ISSN:
Address: Post Office Box 70167
Eugene, OR 97401-0110
800-234-0386
Fax: 503-746-0071
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