Microsoft KB Archive/81705

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Reading List for Developers of Windows-Based Applications

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Q81705

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0, 3.1

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SUMMARY
The listing below is intended to demonstrate the variety of books and periodicals on the market today that discuss programming for the Microsoft Windows operating system. The publications are listed in alphabetical order by title. 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 email addresses:

Matt Leber

Internet:[mailto:mattle@microsoft.com mattle@microsoft.com] Some of the products included here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

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Last update: 31 July 1992

BOOKS
 Advanced Windows Programming

Author:    Martin Heller Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN:       0-471-54711-5 Price:     $32.95 (U.S.) Contents:  Displaying and Printing DIBs, Exploiting the Clipboard, Exploiting DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) and OLE (Object           Linking and Embedding), Debugging, Custom Edit Controls, A            Rich Text Edit Control, Tiling a Bitmap, Porting.

Borland C++ Programming for Windows ---

Authors:   Peter Norton and Paul Yao Publisher: Bantam Computer Books ISBN:      0-553-35143-5 Price:     $29.95 (U.S.) 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 3.1 Applications with Microsoft C/C++ - Second Ed. -

Author:   Brent Rector Publisher: SAMS ISBN:     0-672-30166-0 Price:    $39.95 (U.S.), $49.95 (Canada) Subjects: Text Output, Graphical Output, Keyboard Input, Mouse Input, Timer Input, controls, Dialog Boxed, Menus and Accelerators, Icons, String Resources, Printing, Memory Management, Fonts, Dynamic-Link Libraries (DLLs), Custom Controls, Multiple Document Interface (MDI), Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), Dynamic Data Exchange Management Library (DDEML).

DLLs and Memory Management --

Author:   Mike Klein Publisher: SAMS ISBN:     0-672-30236-5 Price:    $34.95 (U.S.), $43.95 (Canada) Subjects: Windows Fundamentals, Processor and Memory Fundamentals Program and Module Fundamentals, Memory Management, Library Design Ideas, Dialog and Custom Control Design.

High Performance C Graphics Programming for Windows ---

Author:   Lee Adams Publisher: Windcrest/McGraw-Hill ISBN:     0-8306-3790-7 Price:    $24.95 Subjects: Windows Programming, Graphics, Mouse, Color, Fonts, Clipboard and Metafiles, Printer Programming, Principals of 3D Programming, Interactive 3D Programming, Animation, Principles of Image Processing, Practical Image Processing Techniques.

Microsoft C/C++ Class Libraries User's Guide

Author:    Microsoft Publisher: Microsoft ISBN:      N/A Price:     Included with version 7.0 of the Microsoft C/C++ Optimizing Compiler. Subjects:  The Microsoft Foundation Class Library Tutorial, The Microsoft Foundation Class Library Cookbook (General-           Purpose Classes, The CObject Class, Collections, Files and            Serialization, Diagnostics, Exceptions, Application            Design, Window Management, Dialogs and Control Windows,            Graphics, User Input), Microsoft iostream Class Library Tutorial.

Microsoft C/C++ Class Libraries Reference -

Author:    Microsoft Publisher: Microsoft ISBN:      N/A Price:     Included with version 7.0 of the Microsoft C/C++ Optimizing Compiler. Subjects:  Introduction to the Microsoft Foundation Class Library (Windows Development with the Microsoft Foundation           Classes, General-Purpose Foundation Classes, Macros and            Global Functions, Diagnostic Services, Exception            Processing, Message Map Cross-Reference, Structures and            Enumerated Values for Windows), The Microsoft Foundation Class Library Reference, The Microsoft iostream Class Library Reference.

Microsoft Windows 3 Developer's Workshop

Author:    Richard Wilton Publisher: Microsoft Press ISBN:      1-55615-244-2 Price:     $24.95 (U.S.) Subjects:  Windows Design, Debugging, Dynamic-Link Libraries (DLLs), Custom Controls, Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), Subclassing.

Microsoft Windows 3.1 Guide to Programming --

Author:    Microsoft Publisher: Microsoft Press ISBN:      1-55615-452-6 Price:     Included with the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit or available separately for $29.95 (U.S.). Subjects:  A helpful introduction to the Windows API in version 3.1 for the experienced C programmer. Detailed instruction and examples. Topics include processing input and output, creating the necessary components of a Windows-based application, managing memory, using dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) and dynamic data exchange (DDE), and working with fonts and printers.

Microsoft Windows 3.1 Programmer's Reference, Volume 1: Overview

Author:    Microsoft Publisher: Microsoft Press ISBN:      1-55615-453-4 Price:     Included with the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit or available separately for $29.95 (U.S.). Subjects:  An examination of all the Windows management, graphics, and system services as well as the extension libraries that are a part of the API. In addition, there is           instruction on modifying specific Microsoft Windows 3.1- based applications: Control Panel, File Manager, and others.

Microsoft Windows 3.1 Programmer's Reference, Volume 2: Functions -

Author:    Microsoft Publisher: Microsoft Press ISBN:      1-55615-463-1 Price:     Included with the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit or available separately for $39.95 (U.S.). Subjects:  A detailed reference to the API functions. Includes information on various function groups as well as an           alphabetic reference to each function. Data includes syntax, statement of purpose, input parameters, return values, and comments.

Microsoft Windows 3.1 Programmer's Reference, Volume 3: Messages, Structures, and Macros --

Author:    Microsoft Publisher: Microsoft Press ISBN:      1-55615-464-X Price:     Included with the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit or available separately for $29.95 (U.S.). Subjects:  Comprehensive review of additional elements of the API: data types; structures; macros, printer escape codes; DDE transactions; and File Manager, Control Panel, common dialog boxes, and installable driver messages.

Microsoft Windows 3.1 Programmer's Reference, Volume 4: Resources -

Author:    Microsoft Publisher: Microsoft Press ISBN:      1-55615-494-1 Price:     Included with the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit or available separately for $22.95 (U.S.). Subjects:  Descriptions of the many Microsoft Windows file formats in            version 3.1 as well as reference pages for several built- in tools. Reference-page topics include resource- definition statements, assembly language macros, and Windows Help statements and macros.

Microsoft Windows 3.1 Programming Tools ---

Author:    Microsoft Publisher: Microsoft Press ISBN:      1-55615-454-2 Price:     Included with the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit or available separately for $22.95 (U.S.). Subjects:  Detailed information and instruction for using built-in software development tools that are part of the Microsoft Windows SDK. Topics include creating and compiling resources, debugging applications, analyzing data, and compressing and decompressing data.

Object Oriented Programming for Windows ---

Author:    Ernest R. Tello Publisher: Wiley ISBN:      0-471-52754-8 Price:     $29.95 Subjects:  Introduction to Windows, Object Oriented Programming - What is it?, Object-Oriented Languages and Development Tools, Windows 3.0 Software Development, Introduction to the Actor Programming System, Object-Oriented User Interfaces for Windows, Object-Oriented Graphics Programming for Windows, Programming with Object Graphics.

Peter Norton's Windows 3.1 Power Programming Techniques, 2nd Edition

Authors:   Peter Norton and Paul Yao Publisher: Bantam Computer Books ISBN:      0-553-37062-6 Price:     $34.95 (U.S), $43.95 (Canada), L31.99 (Great Britain) 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 ---

Author:    Charles Petzold Publisher: Microsoft Press ISBN:      1-55615-264-7 Price:     $29.95 (U.S.) 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).

Undocumented Windows

Authors:   Andrew Schulman, David Maxey, Matt Pietrek Publisher: Addison-Wesley ISBN:      0-201-60834-0 Price:     $39.95 Subjects:  General Use of Undocumented Windows APIs, Examining Windows Executables, Disassembling Windows, Tools for Exploring Windows, KERNEL: Windows System Services, USER: Microsoft Windows User Interface, Undocumented Windows Messages, GDI, SYSTEM, ToolHelp: A Partial Replacement for Undocumented Windows.

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Author:    Paul Dilascia Publisher: Addison-Wesley ISBN:      0-201-60891-X Price:     $29.95 (U.S.), $38.95 (Canada) Subtitle:  Writing Reusable Windows Code in C++

Windows 3: A Developer's Guide --

Author:    Jeffrey M. Richter Publisher: M&T Books ISBN:      1-55851-164-4 Price:     $39.95 (U.S.) 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 3.1 Programmer's Reference --

Author:    James W. McCord Publisher: Que ISBN:      0-88022-787-7 Price:     $39.95 (U.S.) Contents:  A complete reference to all SDK functions, Windows Programming Basics, GDI, Resources, The Keyboard and Windows, The Mouse and Windows, Windows and Child Windows, Memory Management and Windows, MDI, and DLLs.

Windows 3.0 Programming Primer --

Author:    Alan Southerton Publisher: Addison-Wesley ISBN:      0-201-55078-4 Price:     $34.95 (U.S.) Subjects:  Windows, Menus, Dialog Boxes, GDI Graphics, GDI Text, General GDI.

Windows Programmer's Guide to OLE/DDE -

Author:    Jeffrey D. Clark Publisher: SAMS ISBN:      0-672-30226-8 Price:     $34.95 Subject:   Dynamic Data Exchange Concepts, DDEML Conversation Management, DDEML Transaction Management, DDEML Monitor Applications, Object Linking and Embedding Concepts, OLE Server Applications, OLE Client Applications, Ojbect Handlers.

Windows System Programming --

Authors:   Peter Wilken and Dirk Honekamp Publisher: Abacus ISBN:      1-55755-116-2 Price:     $39.95 (U.S.) Subjects:  Windows-Based Application 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 --

Author:    Daniel A. Norton Publisher: Addison-Wesley ISBN:      0-201-57795-X Price:     $29.92 (U.S.), $38.95 (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
Microsoft Systems Journal -

ISSN:      0889-9932 Address:   Circulation Department P.O. Box 1903 Marion, OH 44305 Phone: (800) 669-1002

Windows/MS-DOS Developer's Journal --

ISSN: Address:   1601 West 23rd Street, Suite 200 P.O. Box 3127 Lawrence, KS 66046-0127 Phone: (913) 841-1631 Fax: (913) 841-2624

Windows Tech Journal

ISSN: Address:   P.O. Box 70167 Eugene, OR 97401-0110 Phone: (800) 234-0386 Fax: (503) 746-0071 Additional query words: 3.00 3.10

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