Windows 2000 programming from the ground up

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• 5.0 out of 5 stars

  Legacy Computing

  Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2023

  The book was in excellent condition.
  I can download this OS from winworld and I want to try running it on an older machine.
  

• 4.0 out of 5 stars

  Herbert Schildt is a talented and skilled author

  Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2014

  Win32 programming is a very complex topic.
  It requires an in-depth knowledge of the C
  programming language as a prerequisite.
  You must possess a knowledge of :
  c-strings (null terminated ‘\0’ array of char),
  struct (the predecessor to the c++ class),
  macro (pre-compiler text substitution statement that looks like a function call),
  typedefs (synonyms for predefined types — commonly a struct)
  win32 library (predefined functions used to create a windows application)

  Herbert Schildt explains all these concepts in detail
  so that nothing is left to the imagination. His description
  of the above mentioned objects and explanation of how they
  interact give the reader the necessary knowledge to
  understand the complex topic of win32 programming.

  The only deficiency that I could see was his unwillingness to
  properly explain the process of scrolling information in a window.
  His method of handling the update of content displayed
  in a window is efficient and comprehensive as long as
  the content does not overflow the window.
  Enter the scroll bars which he does not attempt to describe.

• 2.0 out of 5 stars

  fairly good content — lousy binding

  Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2002

  This book began literally falling apart within less than an hour of gentle handling. I complained about this to the professor in the class where the book was suggested, and he held up a chunk of pages that had fallen out of his own copy of the book with a sideways frown.
  The material on the Win32 API written by the author seems good, though. If you want/need a dry but pretty good introduction to Windows 2000 Programming (not MFC, which is a different book), and can find a low-priced copy of this book, it’s still a good read. I plan to keep my copy, but I expect the usefulness of the writing to outlive the binding.
  

  
  

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• 5.0 out of 5 stars

  Excellent book by an excellent author

  Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2000

  This book is by far the best on the market for beginning Win32 programmers. I have an extensive Visual Basic background and needed to get up to speed on programming Windows in C/C++. Herb’s style of writing is very simple to understand. He explains all of the code in the book in great detail. Although the book does not nearly cover even a majority of the Win32 API, Herb’s writing style gets the reader fluent enough in the strange Win32 dialect to allow you to read through MSDN and understand what you are reading.
  When I had to contact the author to clarify some things, he was always willing to help. Schildt is by far the leader in introductory Windows programming books.
  

  
  

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• 4.0 out of 5 stars

  Excellent book, binding sucks!

  Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2006

  Unlike the guy that gave it two stars for the crappy binding, I felt I should just take one off because the content is so good. Indeed this books covers everything a windows programmer needs to know(for win32 API). I personally like the «from the Ground Up» style this author uses. After going through Petzold’s book, and listening to everyone heralding it from on high, I seriously feel that Schildt’s explanation of the Win32 API is superior. If you’re a hardcore nerd, and love the unnecessary technical detailing of the example programs in Petzold’s version, then this book will probably not be suited to you. This book is for someone who has learned most of the C language and wants to move on to programming windows. If you’re unsure of what an LRESULT CALLBACK is or how the windows system actually works with your application , you’ll find the author does a nice job outlining all of these explanations as well as supplying a vast amount of source code which is working, and readable. All in all, a magnificient book. A word to the wise, however: the binding is absolutely awful.
  

  
  

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• 5.0 out of 5 stars

  exellent not just for windows 2000, but win32 programming

  Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2005

  This is an exellent book. If you have some experience with programming c++(you don’t have to be an expert), get this book. After going through some chapters, you will understand the concept of win32 programming, and soon, you will write a professional looking applications. The only thing that I would like to see in this book is how to program network(tcp/ip), but it is still awesome without it. If I could, I would give 10 stars. And before I go, I like to say that the author did really good job. After all, he did graduated from my university. LOL.
  

  
  

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• 4.0 out of 5 stars

  awesome book, again the binding sucks

  Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2008

  This is the only resource I can find with good examples of using the tab control in C. The book is easy to follow and full of good content, but the binding is lousy, it fell apart on me within a week.
  

• 5.0 out of 5 stars

  New, Precise and Interesting

  Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2000

  Other ‘…from the ground up’ books from this author have been great. His teaching style and examples showing users how to build complex windows applications have always been easily read by novices. This book- is without a doubt, no exception. It follows the same format as his former books (Win95, Win98), but he explicitely discusses the differences between Windows2000 and Win98 so that anyone can easily distinguish the differences between the two. All of the material taught throughout this book is well and fully explained in plain english. Even some of the more advanced topics introduced in this book are easily explained using the author’s interesting teaching techniques. Finally, I believe that this is a great book if any beginner programmers are interested in programming for windows. However, keep in mind that you must have knowledge of C/C++ if you plan to program in Windows. With that I said, I totally reccamend this book to any newbie windows programmer!
  

  
  

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PublisherMcgraw-Hill Education

ISBN-139780072121896

eBay Product ID (ePID)91840285

Number of Pages800 Pages

Publication NameWindows 2000 Programming from the Ground Up

LanguageEnglish

SubjectComputer Science

Publication Year2000

TypeTextbook

AuthorHerbert Schildt

FormatPaperback

Item Height231 mm

Item Weight1522 g

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Title_AuthorHerbert Schildt

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