posted March 03, 2000 02:57 AM            

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Highly recommended
 
1. Charles Petzold
   "Programming Windows"     Edition 5, ISBN: 1-57231-995-X
   "Programming Windows 95"  Edition 4, ISBN: 1-55615-676-6
   "Programming Windows 3.1" Edition 3, ISBN: 1-55615-395-3  (Note: this one is for the 16-bit edition only!)
 
   The best book(s) to start with - highly recommended.  Example
   code is in C, but the plain SDK-style used translates readily
   to PB/DLL.  Edition 4 is often available at cut price and
   contains much of the same information as Edition 5.
   Most of the code in the book has been translated to PB/DLL by
   a PB/DLL customer and he has graciously provided this work 
   as-is.  You can download his work from...  
    http://www.powerbasic.com/files/pub/pbwin/petzold.zip 
 
    
2. Rector and Newcomer
   "Win32 Programming", ISBN: 0-201-63492-9
 
   Another highly recommended book, delving deeper than 
   Petzold.  Covers much of the ground of Petzold, but
   especially good on the standard GUI controls (Button, Edit,
   etc), and also covering many nuances of these controls.
 
   More info:  http://www.bestwebbuys.com/books/search?q=0-201-63492-9&t=ISBN&x=29&y=9 
 
Noteworthy:
 
1. Dan Appleman
   "Visual Basic 5.0 Programmer's guide to the WIN32 API", ISBN: 1-56276-446-2
 
   Not highly recommended but noteworthy.  While the book is 
   written for 32-bit VB programmers, suprisingly little of the
   book is readily usable - Useful for reference only.  
 
 
Not recommended
 
T.B.A.

posted September 03, 2000 06:10 AM            

"Windows 98 Programming from the Ground Up"
by Herbert Schildt
Paperback - 800 pages (May 7, 1998) 
Osborne McGraw-Hill; ISBN: 0078823064 ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.18 x 9.11 x 7.40 

posted September 13, 2000 10:28 PM            

Windows 98 Programming Bible
Reason given: "It is aimed at C++ developers and the use of The MFC. There is very little of use to an API programmer.