Overview
Learn the basics, such as how to create a skeletal program, and move on to topics like managing messages, creating and using dialog boxes, menus, and bitmaps, and taking advantage of the mouse. You'll also find significant coverage of Windows 95's more sophisticated features, including the new interface elements, multi thread programs, graphics, custom controls, using dynamic data exchange (DDE), drag-and-drop interface, object linking and embedding (OLE), and much more.These companion books cover Windows programming using C and (just a bit of) C++, providing an unparalleled exploration of 32-bit programming. You probably know Schildt from his other books on ANSI C and C, and now he turns his considerable programming experience to programming for Windows 95 with two indispensable books with more examples and explanation than the Petzold classic, making for somewhat slow, but thorough reading. Like any good author, he starts with the basics, showing how to build simple applications and perform routine operations like accessing the mouse. Next, he tackles some of the aspects of the Windows 95 GUI like toolbars, scrollbars, menus and more. Finally he examines difficult topics like multi-threaded multitasking, the Win 32 API, help files and interface control elements. Throughout the book, Schildt points up the differences between Windows 95 and Windows 3.1 for programmers used to 16-bit programming. Especially noted are Schildt's tips on adapting a 16-bit app into the 32-bit multithreaded multitasking environment of Windows 95. One programmer said "Both books are essential. It would be hard to get one without the other...Having the right book at the right time with the right chapter or section with a how-to or code sample can save you hours of digging and frustration." You'll want to have C and C++ under your belt before you dig in, but if you've got it -- bon appetit, Windows 95 programmers-to-be.