Re: Who can help me with Windows programming?

"Appert, Kevin" wrote:
>
> Programming Windows, The Definitive Guide to the Win32 API by Charles
> Petzold
> Hardcover - 1479 pages 5th Bk&Cd Rom edition (December
> 1998)
> Microsoft Press; ISBN: 157231995X ; Dimensions (in
> inches): 2.83 x 9.58 x 7.68
>
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> > ----------
> > From: Elizabeth D. Rather[SMTP:erather_at_forth.com]
> > Reply To: sftalk_at_forth.com
> > Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 8:14 PM
> > To: sftalk_at_forth.com
> > Subject: RE: [sftalk] Who can help me with Windows programming?
> >
> > There are several tutorial-style books listed in Appendix A of the
> > SwiftForth Reference Manual. The classic is:
> >
> > Petzold, Charles. Programming Windows 95. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press,
> > 1996. (I assume there are later editions)
> >
> > Most large computer stores in this country have good technical book
> > sections; I suspect they may in Germany as well. Or a bookstore near a
> > university. There is also a German Amazon.com, which will surely have a
> > good selection.
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Elizabeth
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sftalk-admin_at_forth.com [mailto:sftalk-admin_at_forth.com]On
> > Behalf Of Dr. Reinhard Küster
> > Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 11:55 AM
> > To: forth
> > Subject: [sftalk] Who can help me with Windows programming?
> >
> >
> > Far away in Germany, I a trying SwithForth and its Windows
> > programming. I have loved FORTH for many years, but no I am forced to go
> > into the depth of Windows. What I want to have is a good book about this
> > topic. It should be tutorial, not just a reference manual. Possibly it
> > will be difficult to order such a book in my local book store. So, if you
> > can give me in addition the email address of the editor, this would be
> > very helpful.
> > Such a book need not be Forth-oriented. It might be also C++
> > oriented in its examples. But it should be more than the API help file. It
> > should be educational. Does anybody know this kind of book?
> > Reinhard
> >
> >
>
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Please pardon the late response. I just got my computer working again; id
had been comatose since Sunday.

Jerry

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