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Some books I have used:

Client-Server Programming with OS/2 EE by Orfali & Harkey, Van Nostrand ReinholdI understand there is a new version of this that uses 32 bit calls for examples
This book deals with real client-server and multitasking issues.

Software Tools for OS/2 by young, Addison Wesley
This book deals with DLL's, their use, advantages, and propper technique.

In article <C1HJL7.9IB@ecf.toronto.edu> weisber@ecf.toronto.edu (WEISBERG ELLIOT) writes:
>From: weisber@ecf.toronto.edu (WEISBERG ELLIOT)
>Subject: Good Book for OS/2 Programming
>Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:51:06 GMT
>What is a good book for programming OS/2??  I saw the Microsoft
>book titled Notebook or something, but it looked like it did not 
>have much substance.  Thanks.
>
If you're wanting a book on Presentation Manager programming, the best one 
is still "Programming the OS/2 Presentation Manager" by Charles Petzhold - 
published by Microsoft Press.

The new Van Nostrum Reinhold book "Presentation Manager by Example" or some 
thing like that is $40 and only around 100 pages where the above book is a 
hefty 820+ pages for $29.95.

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In article <C1HJL7.9IB@ecf.toronto.edu> weisber@ecf.toronto.edu (WEISBERG ELLIOT) writes:
>What is a good book for programming OS/2??  I saw the Microsoft
>book titled Notebook or something, but it looked like it did not 
>have much substance.  Thanks.
>

IMHO, the three programming guides from IBM make a good point to start.
The book by Knight is pretty weak, and everything else is out of date.

I ordered the books from IBM (actually from some firm contracting to
IBM) and paid about $US63 for all three including tax and shipping.
If you want more, you might consider the entire Technical Library
product which includes the above books as well as many others.  I think
it is currently $229 from IBM.

David Boles

In article <C1HJL7.9IB@ecf.toronto.edu> weisber@ecf.toronto.edu (WEISBERG ELLIOT) writes:
>What is a good book for programming OS/2??  I saw the Microsoft
>book titled Notebook or something, but it looked like it did not 
>have much substance.  Thanks.
>
There is a new book by Herb Schildt just hitting bookstores now.
It's called "OS/2 2.0 Programming," and it's probably worth a look.

Also, "Programming the OS/2 Presentation Manager" by C. Petzold, and
"Advanced OS/2 Programming" by Ray Duncan are both extremely useful,
despite being slightly dated.

Luck-
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In <sal8.330.728113240@po.cwru.edu> Steve Luzynski writes:
>In article <C1HJL7.9IB@ecf.toronto.edu> weisber@ecf.toronto.edu (WEISBERG ELLIOT) writes:
>>From: weisber@ecf.toronto.edu (WEISBERG ELLIOT)
>>Subject: Good Book for OS/2 Programming
>>Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:51:06 GMT
>>What is a good book for programming OS/2??  I saw the Microsoft
>>book titled Notebook or something, but it looked like it did not
>>have much substance.  Thanks.
>>
>If you're wanting a book on Presentation Manager programming, the best one
>is still "Programming the OS/2 Presentation Manager" by Charles Petzhold -
>published by Microsoft Press.
>
>The new Van Nostrum Reinhold book "Presentation Manager by Example" or some
>thing like that is $40 and only around 100 pages where the above book is a
>hefty 820+ pages for $29.95.

I personally swear by Dror & Lafore's "OS/2 Presentation Manager Programming
Primer" (ISBN:0-07-881467-7  Pub: McGraw Hill).  It is for OS/2 1.2, but when
complimented by the Knight book, it is very good.  I didn't like the Petzold
book, and besides, trying to find a copy of an OS/2 book published by
Microsoft Press is said to be like trying to suck water from a stone.

Check out the Dror and Lafore text.
Cheers,
Martin Lansche, IBM PRGS Toronto Lab, Canada
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