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- From: mccreary@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com (Ed McCreary)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- Subject: Re: Petzold Book and Substitutes
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.163653.27202@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com>
- Date: 3 Sep 92 16:36:53 GMT
- Article-I.D.: twisto.1992Sep3.163653.27202
- References: <1992Sep2.170649.12611@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> <1992Sep2.201535.19713@PacBell.COM>
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- Organization: Compaq Computer Corp.
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- In article <1992Sep2.201535.19713@PacBell.COM> jcwasik@srv.PacBell.COM (Joe Wasik) writes:
- >
- >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.
- >
-
- It's true. He later went into detail regarding them in his Environments
- column in PC Magazine. He explained that the version of 3.0 he was using
- to write his book was a beta copy and the logical palettes were not
- yet finalized.
-
- That series of articles is a good one to find if you want to know how
- to use logical palettes.
-
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