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From article <joiner.720806683@myria>, by joiner@myria.cs.umn.edu (Jay K. Joiner):
> In <1992Nov2.225319.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu> wlrobe01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu writes:
> 
>> 1.  What do I do to get started?  I mean, for never having programmed 
>>     for OS/2 before (just DOS), should I print out all the .INF files
>>     and read them, or do I go out and find a OS/2 programming book, both,
>>     neither, etc..?
> 
> There is a new series of books on OS/2 2.0 programming coming from Van 
> Nostrand I believe.  I have only seen a couple of them on the bookshelves 
> so far though.  I still use Petzold's book and believe it will give you 
> the flavor of PM programming.  Try to digest the samples that come with
> the Workset.

I've bought three of the OS/2 2.0 programming books from Van Nostrand 
Reinhold and I must admit that they are not very good books (in comparison
to Petzold's and Duncan's books on OS/2 programming).  Unfortunately,
they do not provide ALL the information you need to get started...and they
just aren't the tomes/bibles that Petzold's and Duncan's books are for
OS/2 1.1.

I would suggest getting a copy of 'Advanced OS/2 Programming' by Ray
Duncan and 'Programming the OS/2 Presentation Manager' by Charles Petzold.
They only cover OS/2 1.1, but almost everything in these books are applicable
to OS/2 2.0.  If you find that a program has compile errors from either of
these books, take a quick look at the .INF files which are included with
C-Set/2 to find out what parameters have changed to the 'problem' function
call.  Unfortunately, the .INF files aren't very helpful in getting you
up and running with OS/2 programming...but they are invaluable reference
sources after you know what you are doing :)

Hopefully, some good OS/2 2.0 programming books will come out soon.  Right
now, I don't know of any that are worth buying :-(  I wish Charles Petzold
and Ray Duncan would consider revising their books for OS/2 2.0 *sigh*