book suggestions

[rotis23]

Hi All,

I'm looking for a win32 programming book c/c++/mfc that

- does not spend too much time on interface

- does not use visual studio/visual basic examples

I use borland compiler and require a good API reference with examples of services/threading/signals etc etc

Thanks for any suggestions.

rotis23

[Fordy]

MFC is largely a VC++ tool so I'd forget it if you want to stick with Borland (Although Borland do offer their own class library).

Try one of the Win32 books by Jeffrey Richter

[rotis23]

Had a look on amazon - Richter books seem old:

Advanced Win32 Programming is almost 10 years old now - any more up to date.

amazon doesn't sell "Programming Applications for Windows"!

[yeohhs]

Programming Windows, 5th Edition by Charles Petzold is a useful book.
http://www.charlespetzold.com/pw5/

[bithub]

"Programming Windows, 5th Edition by Charles Petzold is a useful book."
I agree 100%

Borland has its own class wrappers called OWL (as opposed to MFC), so if you are sticking with Borland, I would look into OWL or stick to the win32 API (my choice).

[rotis23]

That's the one - thanks.