🚀 go-pugleaf

I begun to learn how to program under the MS Windows environment.  I
got the "Programmer's Guide to Windows 2nd Edition" (published by Sybex).

What a pain...  This book is fairly "new", but has more flaws in it
than I would expect for a 2nd edition.  The problems don't stem from
typos, they stem from omissions!  As you limp along, trying to
comprehend what's happening, you discover that the authors forgot to
tell you about certain things affiliated with their examples: such as
any required modifications to the DEF files, variables that should be
included in header files, etc.  Sure, you can figure them out and that
re-inforces the learning process, but still it's a pain.

Now  I'm stuck in the Dialog box chapter.  Their resource file code
for the dialog box with radio buttons and check boxes won't compile.
If that dialog box description is commented out, everything compiles.
I've checked my typing against the book several times.  Looks like
I'll have to use the Dialog.EXE file to create the dialog box.

I got so pissed off at wasting time on this kind of stuff, that I
ordered the Charles Penzold book from Microsoft Press last Friday.  I
hope I don't run into this kind of stuff in that book.
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David Sampson                                         Harris Corporation
dsampson@x102a.harris-atd.com                   Gov't Aerospace Systems Divison
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