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- Path: sparky!uunet!sun-barr!ames!pacbell.com!jcwasik
- From: jcwasik@srv.PacBell.COM (Joe Wasik)
- Subject: Re: Petzold Book and Substitutes
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.201535.19713@PacBell.COM>
- Sender: news@PacBell.COM (Pacific Bell Netnews)
- Organization: Pacific * Bell
- References: <1992Sep2.170649.12611@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 20:15:35 GMT
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- In article drv@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dennis.r.vogel) writes:
- > 1. Does anyone know when the new Petzold edition (3rd?)
- > is due?
-
- There had been a report (I thnk it was in a Microsoft publication) that\
- promissed a July release. Obviously they're late.
-
- > 2. Out of the dozens of Windows programming guides
- > at my local bookstores, which would you consider
- > as good, or nearly so, as the Petzold book?
-
- Some users of the Petzold book have complained that the newest features,
- such as using palettes in the 3.0 book, were left out. If they're right,
- perhaps we should be looking for a combination of books.
-
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- Joe Wasik, Pacific Bell, San Ramon, CA (510)823-2422, jcwasik@pacbell.com
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