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In article <Wed_Apr_10_17:44:53_1991@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz> cameron@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (Cameron Farquhar) writes:
>For a friend..
> 
>I have recently sent away an order for Actor thanks to their special
>deal going at the moment but I am unclear on a few things. 
>
>1) Do I need the SDK?
>1a) If so, there are a few alternatives I beleive. What is the best one
>    to get?

				no . all SDK functions can be accessed
through actor , and the resource compiler is included . the
*documentation* of the SDK functions leaves a lot to be desired , though
, and if you plan to use them , some sort of reference ( like Petzold )
might come in handy . for the most part , though , you won't need them ,
and you may be able to use the documentation that's included with actor
( scant though it may be ) when you do .

				there are no " alternatives " to the SDK
other than other languages ; that's what actor is . there are , however
, alternatives to the resource compiler . by far the best and the most
complete , of any that i have heard of , is the Whitewater Groups own
Whitewater Resource toolkit . it will save you incredible amounts of
time designing and testing resources , whether you program in Actor , C
, or anything else . it's included free with Borland languages , but
Actor owners have to buy it seperately .

>2) After learning Actor I will probably be writing some database
>   applications. What is a good relational file manager? I have heard of
>   Wintrieve and dbVista which I think will work with Actor. Are there any
>   other good ones around. I do most of my programming with Clipper so am
>   used to having lots of powerful features provided free-of-charge. 

				WinTrieve and Actor are made by the same
company , so i'm sure they work well together . i can't comment beyond
that , as i've never used it .

>3) Books. I have Petzold's book for Windows 2. Is it worth getting an
>   update or is there a more Actor specific book around?
>
				there's a book available called Object
Oriented Programming Featuring Actor , but it's outdated , and , frankly
, the Actor documentation is among the best i've ever seen ( i'm
referring to the documentation on Actor itself , not the SDK functions )
. be prepared to spend a good amount of time browsing the demo programs
, though ; it's one of the best ways to learn the language .

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