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- From: lansche@torolab6.VNET.IBM.COM (Martin Lansche)
- Message-ID: <19921113.072911.444@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 10:11:02 EST
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
- Subject: Re: New to OS/2 programming ... need help setting up
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- In <1992Nov12.120023.940@calmasd.prime.com> Ken Brucker writes:
- >And while I'm here, what are some good books on PM programming? I've already
- >got the 4 red books, but they don't seem to have any details on the calls
- >available for PM programming.
-
- The Red books should contain the references for the APIs that you would
- be interested in. Look for functions starting with Win* (PM functions),
- Gpi* (PM Graphics), and Dos* (OS/2 kernal). The Red books should be
- hardcopy versions of the online references that come with the OS/2 2.0
- Toolkit.
- This is not the best place to start to learn however. I am currently
- teaching myself PM from texts. I have looked at Charles Piezolds (sp?)
- from Micros*ft Press, and found it ponderous. Next I looked at "OS/2
- Presentation Manager Programming Primer" by Drore & Lafore, pub - Osborne
- McGraw Hill. While it was written for OS/2 1.2, the APIs haven't changed
- much, and it covers the material very well. It works from the ground up,
- and you just continually modify two or three examples, learning more and
- more with each modification. There may be 2.0 stuff not covered in here
- but I have found it to be a very good text to learn from.
- I have also purchased Stephen Knight's "Learning to Program OS/2 2.0
- Presentation Manager by Example", Van Nostrand Reinhold pub. A quick
- glance and read of the introductory chapters left me with the impression
- that the Drore and Lafore book was superior. Knight's approach is to
- start with a complete slider puzzle game (similar but more flexible than
- the one that comes with OS/2), and dissect it, explaining as he goes.
- He takes 50 pages to cover what the D&L book covers in 160+ with
- paragraph descriptions with try to "teach" the basics, while the D&L
- takes you through 20 running programs and explaining each variation in
- detail. I will use Knight's book as my second PM book, and to pick up
- OS/2 2.0 new features not covered in the D&L book. Add the Red Books
- (I look at the online files from the Toolkit), and it all seems to fall
- in place.
- Cheers,
- Martin Lansche
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