Hi All,

I am a newbie to Windows Programming(specifically WIN CE), could any
body give me any pointer, for how to start with the same. However I am
comfertable with C/C++ stuffs.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

* myself_rajat@yahoo.com:
Petzold "Programming Windows".

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Hi,

You should read "Programming Windows 95" by charles petzold,
it a good book if you want to develop GUI applications.

Here are the webSite links:

http://www.charlespetzold.com/

http://www.catch22.net/tuts/

http://functionx.com/win32/index.htm

http://www.relisoft.com/win32/

http://winprog.org/tutorial/index.html

http://www.alsprogrammingresource.co...tutorials.html

http://www.stromcode.com/modules.php...&op=view&tid=1

Hope these information helps,

Kellie.

On 16 Feb 2006 05:23:46 -0800, myself_rajat@yahoo.com wrote:

Generally, you can get some good intro material related to a newsgroup
by using google (http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search) to
look up
newbie
in that newsgroup.

To emphasize Alf P. Steinbach's note, Petzold is the book most often
recommended for learning Windows programming. Windows CE is similar in
many ways, with a few twists (some additions, many removals, some
changes).

Windows CE:
For non .NET languages, microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer is about
the most relevant newsgroup; use google to look up newbie in it. I
think Boling's books are about the best way to learn CE-specific stuff
once you've learned Windows. I _think_ Boling's 3rd edition covers
..NET languages, so his 2nd edition might be better for straight C/C+.

I recommend sharing as much code as possible between CE and "big"
windows. I do most of my debugging in VC 6 under "big" windows, and
save a lot of time and aggravation as a result.

If money is an issue, VS 2005 Express is free. It does have
restrictions (I think it is not allowed for commercial product and/or
has no support for Mobile). For mobile development, eVC 3 and eVC 4
are free, and I _think_ they're still available. They _can_ be used to
build apps that run under WM 5; use google for more info.


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Thank you all for giving me such guidance, specially Kellie for those
links.

r_z_aret@pen_fact.com wrote:

On 16 Feb 2006 05:23:46 -0800, myself_rajat@yahoo.com wrote:

As others have noted, Petzold is the bible.
However, even at nearly 1500 pages it
can't cover the whole API. You can get that
info from MSDN, but I prefer to have a
handy reference right on my development system.
The only one I know of is the one Win32.HLP
system from Borland, which used to be included
with their packages but is now a free download
at
ftp://ftp.borland.com/pub/delphi/tec...phi2/win32.zip
(or at least the last time I checked). Note
that this does not include recent XP-type API
functions, but you probably aren't going to need
those for a while.

I found Petzold good for getting started, but I
use Win32.HLP much more often now.

Best regards,


Bob Masta
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