Re: WIN32LIB
> Does anyone have a suggestion for a place to start? Would a good
> "introduction to basic concepts of windows programming" be the appropriate
> place to start?
>
That's the best place to start, John. Everything that WIN32LIB uses to
function...controls, parent-child window relationships, events...is derived
from the Windows environment. What would be best for starters is a
comparison between DOS programming (which everyone here has done and has
control programming control over) and Windows programming (which a few have
done and rely on Windows API to meet their requests). I can already give you
one difference from my own experiences: DOS programs have a mainline you can
control, and are procedure-driven...Windows programs have no definable
mainline and are dependent on triggered events.
It should not be done in the manner Charles Petzold of Windows 95
programming fame had done (with all due respect and apologies to his fans
here in the group). Charles put too much time explaining how to do it using
a specific language and very little time explaining the "why". He didn't
explain how the Windows environment actually worked and what all of the
parts were. He just basically said "register this window, and do it using
Visual C++ and you will do fine!". It's like saying to a budding sailboater,
"Just unfurl the sail and go" without explaining about the dynamics of
sailboating, the parts of a sailboat, and the tricks and dangers of
sailboating.
David Gay
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