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- From: lansche@torolab6.VNET.IBM.COM (Martin Lansche)
- Message-ID: <19921217.075601.379@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 10:08:05 EST
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
- Subject: Re: REPOST: novice question
- Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
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- References: <1992Dec17.132444.20891@ugle.unit.no>
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- In <1992Dec17.132444.20891@ugle.unit.no> Oddgeir Kvien writes:
- >1. I have seen that a lot of people is recomending Petzold`s book on
- > programming OS/2 (I have ordered it, but I don`t know if my local dealer
- > can get it). What book is recomended if Petzold`s book is imposible to get.
- > (What is the 2`nd best book on programming OS/2?)
- >
- I personally don't like Petzold's book. It always put me to sleep. I
- far prefer the "OS/2 Presentation Manager Programming Primer", by Dror
- and Lafore (Osborne McGraw-Hill). While it was written for OS/2 1.2, I
- covers PM programming very very, IMHO. I have read almost all of it and
- have typed in most of the exercises. It has taught me all I wanted to
- know and more. (You can get the diskette, but I found typing in the
- code to be very educational).
- A new book is available for OS/2 2.0. You can order it from IBM if you
- cannot find it in the bookstore). It is:
-
- LEARNING TO PROGRAM OS/2 2.0 PRESENTATION MANAGER BY EXAMPLE: Putting
- the Pieces Together
- By Stephen Knight, IBM Corportaion
- 0-442-01292-6
-
- In my opinion only, I prefer the Dror and Lafore book. The Knight book
- is a little too terse - too much information in each example. However,
- together, these two books (plus the PM API reference which come on-line
- with the Toolkit) are a fantastic start to PM programming in OS/2 2.0.
-
- >2. Are there someone who got some simple OS/2 programs which shows the basic
- > of how to program OS/2 (class registering, message que creating and so one).
-
- The IBM Workframe/2 comes with 2 examples of PM programs. One, called
- PMLINES shows a simple PM window, with simple menu pull-downs,
- dialog boxes, multiple threads, and graphics using basic GPI calls.
- The second PM sample is called MAHJONGG, a solitaire game. It is more
- complicated than PMLINES, but offers much more information. On-line
- Help, multiple use of bitmaps, accelerator keys for menu items, animation
- (a congratulation screen display), saving/loading options from OS2INI
- file, use of fonts, and more. And it is well documented, has all the
- appropriate error checking (which are frequently left out of text book
- examples for simplicity).
-
- > A program which shows simple line drawing would alsoe bee nice. If so could
- > they email them to me (I got a lot of space where I could save my mail).
- Well they come with the Workframe/2 product, but you are going to need
- a C compiler, the OS/2 Toolkit anyway.
-
- The IBM C Developer's WorkSet/2 includes the following programs
- (one license each):
- o IBM Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 (3.5" or 5.25")
- o IBM WorkFrame/2 Version 1.0 (3.5" or 5.25")
- o IBM C Set/2 Version 1.0 (3.5" or 5.25")
-
- >+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
- >| Oddgeir Kvien, Norwegian Institute of Technology |
- Cheers,
- Martin Lansche, IBM Lab, Toronto Canada.
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