Hello, the only book about windows programming i have is the classical Programming Windows 95 by Charlez Petzold. Could anybody recommend a good book on windows GDI ( using windows API, not MFC ) specifically , preferrably a recent one. Unfortunatelly Petzold never released his one. Thanks :)
I'm not sure what you're expecting out of a book on the subject, but everything you wanted to know and more can be found in this free reference: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536795(VS.85).aspx Mark -- Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ "Fernando" wrote in message news:#Xn6NE2ZIHA.5984@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Hello, the only book about windows programming i have is the classical > Programming Windows 95 by Charlez Petzold. > Could anybody recommend a good book on windows GDI ( using windows API, > not MFC ) specifically , preferrably a recent one. Unfortunatelly Petzold > never released his one. > Thanks :) >
> I'm not sure what you're expecting out of a book on the subject, but > everything you wanted to know and more can be found in this free > reference: > > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536795(VS.85).aspx > > Mark Thanks. What i was expecting was a tutorial style book. Surely a reference to the API is essencial ( which i have locally installed ) but when it comes to do simple things i find myself in troubles. For example. How do i make a green button in windows 98 or XP ? Seems pretty simple. Have you tried it? Im another one who would like to know how to make part of the client of a window transluscent or transparent . In essence, a book with graphics algorithms and technicques using windows GDI. bye.
Try Feng Yuan's excellent book "Windows Graphics Programming". Although it only handles Windows 95 - Windows 2000, it is by far the best book I know if you want to know GDI. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=undocprint-20&path=ASIN/0130869856 -- Christoph Lindemann Undocumented Printing http://www.undocprint.org/ "Fernando" wrote in message news:%23Xn6NE2ZIHA.5984@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Hello, the only book about windows programming i have is the classical > Programming Windows 95 by Charlez Petzold. > Could anybody recommend a good book on windows GDI ( using windows API, > not MFC ) specifically , preferrably a recent one. Unfortunatelly Petzold > never released his one. > Thanks :) >
Thanks.
