Programming Business Applications for Windows... Chapter One

[Ed Turner]

I have just posted chapter one of a programming book I am writing.
It can be downloaded free of charge from http://www.m4ware.com
Just click on the 'Programming Book' link at the top of the page.
I intend to make each chapter available as it completes.
Feedback would be appreciated.

Regards... Ed

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[Bjorn Hallberg]

Wow!
Great, you hit the target with this one, for newbies like me.

Very good

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[Mike Doty]

Can't get to your link.
Was not able to get to hypermart.net for a few minutes.


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[Andy Anderson]

Ditto here.

Andy


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[Fred Buffington]

Good start Ed.

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Client Writeup for the CPA

[Jerry Fielden]

Thanks Ed,

Although I'm already familiar with chapter one, I have a better
understanding of it with your book. I've used it with PBCC.

I'll be looking forward to the next chapters which I'm sure will be
in as much detail.

I bought PBDLL several years ago, but I never bothered trying to
learn it. Maybe this will give me a kick in the pants to get started
on it.

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[Brad D Byrne]

hey Ed,

constructive criticism ?
it's a good start.. yet,
IMO, you need to get rid of all the negative comments about M$
and stuff... no-one trying to learn cares about that.. nor do they
want to have to read it.. nor would any publisher pick it up in a
100 years...

stript the the "negative" out and it looks pretty good!!

just a suggestion..

Brad

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And a few PBTool's & Beginner Help:http://sweetheartgames.com/PBTools/JumpStart.html

[Ed Turner]

Thanks Brad. That's the kind of feedback I was looking for.
I went back and re-read it again and was inclined to agree with you.
As a result, I have re-written the last paragraph on page two and
have posted the newer version on the web site in place of the
original one.

Not to worry about a publisher. I already have one ready to go.
All I have to do is just finish the book!

Regards... Ed

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[Brad D Byrne]

Glad to help!! Ed,

where's Chapter 2 ?


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Washington DC Area
Borje's "Poff's" is likely the BEST tool for learning PB.. http://www.tolkenxp.com/pb
And a few PBTool's & Beginner Help:http://sweetheartgames.com/PBTools/JumpStart.html

[Jef Van Holsbeeck]

Originally posted by Ed Turner:
I have just posted chapter one of a programming book I am writing.
It can be downloaded free of charge from http://www.m4ware.com
Just click on the 'Programming Book' link at the top of the page.
I intend to make each chapter available as it completes.
Feedback would be appreciated.

Regards... Ed

I've read the first chapter and I'm looking forward to the rest of your book.

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[This message has been edited by Jef Van Holsbeeck (edited June 27, 2004).]

[Paul Squires]

Hi Ed,

Very impressive. I hope that your project continues. It can only
result in good things for yourself and PB in general.



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Cheetah Database System - "Nothing runs like a Cheetah"
JellyFish Pro Editor - "Custom code editor for PowerBASIC"
www.planetsquires.com
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[Joe Byrne]

It must just be me, but I can't get to the page at all. I've tried both of my Internet accounts. Just get a time-out.

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[Steve Matthews]

Try http://edturner.hypermart.net/ which is where you end up anyway.

[Knuth Konrad]

Originally posted by Steve Matthews:
Try http://edturner.hypermart.net/ which is where you end up anyway.

Both just time out. Trying with both IE and FireFox...

Knuth

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http://www.softAware.de

[Egbert Zijlema]

Good stuff. I hope all the following chapters will have the same or even better quality.

Allow me one remark: Charles Petzold's book (fifth edition) is titled Programming Windows, not "Programing Windows 95" (maybe there was an edition with that title, ages ago?).
A question on this subject: you include a PB-translation of Petzold's sample code. Is that legal?

Regards and good luck



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[Tom Hanlin]

Ed, if this book is related to PowerBASIC, perhaps we could host it
in the Downloads section. Please feel free to send to mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A> .

Egbert has a good point. You will need to get Mr. Petzold's permission
to use any code derived from his copyrighted work.

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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff

[Ed Turner]

Tom, Egbert,
Yes, I had thought of that. I am awaiting a response from Mr.
Petzold now. Should he prefer that I not reference his code I
will just write a very similar simple program and remove any
references to his code. I will then have to rewrite portions of
the first chapter and then re-post it. As I mentioned to him,
I won't be referring to any more of his programs as I will be
heading off in a different direction. I don't believe I have
done him any injustice. In the meanwhile, I wanted to get the
first chapter out for comments to see how it was received. I am
well into chapter two now.
Regards... Ed

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[Paul Dwyer]

Ed,

I have some constructive criticism too, I think it looks great though.

For a beginner the hello world example in SDK might look a little intimidating, perhaps you could have a DDT version as well and before that a paragraph or two on DDT vs SDK and the pros and cons (plenty of debate here in the forums on that topic), this way a reader could see the flexibility of SDK -especially if they are from a C background- or simplicity if they are new to programming or from a VB background.

Maybe something like

#Compile Exe
#Include "win32api.inc"

Function PbMain As Long

    Dim MyString As String
    MyString = "Hello World!"
    MsgBox MyString, %MB_OK, "My First Program" 

End Function

Just a thought since your readership will be quite varied

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Paul Dwyer
Network Engineer
Aussie in Tokyo

[John Dunbar]

Looks great.

John Dunbar

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[Egbert Zijlema]

Originally posted by Paul Dwyer:
(...), perhaps you could have a DDT version as well (....)

I agree with that, but I don't think Paul does a correct code comparision.
Displaying "Hello world" by means of a message box can be done under (almost) every programming tool fit to create Windows applications.
Since Ed's code creates an SDK-style window, a DDT example should also show up with a dialog, not a simple MsgBox.

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[This message has been edited by Egbert Zijlema (edited June 29, 2004).]