cjpaul@bahamas.ece.cmu.edu (Chakkalamattam J. Paul) (06/26/91)
I am new to the Windows environment, and would like to get some help in setting up a development enviornment for Windows applications. These applications would have pull-down menus, context-sensitive help, graphics and such. Are there any favorite development tools/libraries? Any information would be appreciated. Thanks, C. J. Paul cjpaul@bahamas.ece.cmu.edu
burrough@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (michael burroughs) (06/27/91)
I have used both the Microsoft SDK with Microsoft "C" compiler and the
Borland C++ 2.0 compiler which comes with a complete Windows 3.0
development environment. There is no doubt about it, the Borland
product blows the Microsoft SDK out of the water. The only thing you
have to worry about is that some commercial products (typically I have
found in the SQL products, but I am sure elsewhere as well) don't
provide libraries for Borland products (they haven't realized that it is
a truly professional development platform.) If there is any product you
must absolutly use, check for compatibility. If there are no problems
with this, get the Borland compiler.
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* LAN Support & Development Group / UCS Networks Division *tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) (06/27/91)
michael burroughs <burrough@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> writes: > I have used both the Microsoft SDK with Microsoft "C" compiler and the > Borland C++ 2.0 compiler which comes with a complete Windows 3.0 > development environment. There is no doubt about it, the Borland > product blows the Microsoft SDK out of the water. Borland C++ is "complete" except for: - Documentation (esp. Windows API reference) - Windows debugging kernel - Heapwalker - Shaker I won't start a flame war on the relative value of the environments, but I'll note that we have both and I still primarily use MSC/SDK. Followups to comp.windows.ms.programmer. [ \tom haapanen --- university of waterloo --- tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu ] [ "i don't even know what street canada is on" -- al capone ]