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Re: WIN32LIB

• Posted by John Coonrod <jc at THP.ORG> Aug 12, 2000
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David - As you know, I'n a big fan of what you've done with win32lib.
However, I know for myself I would have saved a lot of time if I'd had a few
concepts under my belt before trying to create my own application.

Most 'newbies' are probably wanting to build a 'real' application with a lot
of specific functionality, to solve a real problem. They need to know how to
solve their problem - which means they need to know how to think in this
framework, which means they need to know principles.

For example, I was inclined to use wPuts instead of using LText controls.
After much playing, I learned that this required me to create my own onPaint
routine, which I would not have needed with the LText controls.

It's kind of a pegagogical problem. Going through lots of examples does not
necessarily give people access to the principles they need to solve their
own problems.

- John Coonrod

===== Original Message from Euphoria Programming for MS-DOS
<EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU> at 8/12/00
>
>1. The 'newbie' who wants to write a Windows application, and doesn't care
>how Windows works. They need a tutorial on how to use the library; and that
>library has already been written. There's also a brief explanation of most
>of the functions buried in the middle of Win32Lib.doc.