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In article <222@usna.NAVY.MIL> don@usna.navy.mil (Mr. Donald W. Garner
(CADIG STAFF) <don@usna.navy.mil>) writes:

   My Borland C++ 2.0 announcement indicated that "windows programming" was
   required.  When I called the 800 number the rep couldn't tell me if anything   other than Borland C++ 2.0 is required to generate complete MS Windows 3.0
   applications.  OK, SDK is not required.  I guess I need MS Windows 3.0 to
   test applications.  Is any part of the MS Windows 3.0 programming suite
   required to generate complete MS Windows applications?


Two things here:  Borland C++ 2.0 will generate "regular" DOS programs
just like Turbo C++, or at YOUR option, you can write a program that
will be a true windows application (as opposed to a "dos" program
running out of a window).

You DO NOT need to buy MS' SDK.  Borland supplies everything you need
(except a tutorial on how to write windows programs.  You need to buy
the Charles Petzold book for that (~1000 pages, BEST tutorial on the
market)).  Borland SUGGESTS that you may want to buy one or more of
the SDK manuals that are available from MS Press and can be found in
Walton's, Dalton's, etc.  However, they do ship a BIG file that is a
SDK library reference manual that can be called up through the IDE
help facility (just hit F1).

Once you've learned how to write a windows program and have
successfully compiled it, you will need Windows 3.0 to run it.  No way
around that .....

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David Sampson                                         Harris Corporation
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