Re: [Dev-C++] Looking for a good tutorial

[Daniel G. <sp...@ho...>]

Controls are windows, but they look different (you can get a handle to a 
control like you can to a window).

I'll keep an eye out for any tutorials, you might want to try a google or 
yahoo group for windows. msdn.com may help you too.


>From: "EXT-Meyer, Robert J" <rob...@bo...>
>To: <dev...@li...>
>Subject: [Dev-C++] Looking for a good tutorial
>Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:26:26 -0600
>
>I thought I was doing well, traversing through theForger's Win32 API 
>Tutorial, until I reached the simple applications part. That's when I 
>realized I didn't have a firm grasp on the difference between windows, 
>dialogs, and controls. He says, "controls are just windows" which doesn't 
>make sense. I thought controls lived within windows. Resource usage is also 
>a bit vague. It's an excellent tutorial but I need more theory. I know I 
>need to go buy a book, but I'm a bit short on cash and the books are $50. 
>Is there a good, extensive, online tutorial on C++ which explains MFC, 
>OpenSource/GL, APIs, etc, then goes, from the beginning, explaining windows 
>programming - dialogs, windows, resources, classes, etc. I'm pretty good 
>with programming in a UNIX environment, but this windows stuff is very new, 
>and very exciting.
>
>Also, which is the best book to buy when I raise the finances?
>
>Rob
>
>
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