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Where can I find good ebooks to learn Win32?

  • Does anyone know any ebooks i can download to learn it pro or can anyone teach it to me i really want to get good at it

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    I would doubt that any ebook would compare to http://www.charlespetzold.com/pw5/index.html. The book is 1479 pages of win. If you want to be a pro at the windows api, you should read it.

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The Win32 API is documented online on the http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa139672.aspx. If you want a downloaded/local copy of the documentation, subsets of it are included with the various http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows_SDK which you can download and install. I (personally) learned to program Windows using only the MSDN documentation (and, sample programs which are included with the SDK). I've heard of Petzold's book, obviously, but I haven't read it. I've used books to learn other aspects of software development (language, patterns, process, etc.), but not for the API.

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I have found Python to be the 'easiest' learning curve on win32api... For example, Microsoft Outlook in python: import win32com.client outlook=client.Dispatch('Outlook.Application') message = outlook.CreateItem(0) message.Recipients.Add('Bill') message.Recipients.ResolveAll() message.Subject = 'test' message.Body = 'test' message.Send() If you download ActivePython, an IDE and all of the win32api libraries are installed. There is also a COM browser that allows you to see what is available. I have found that the easiest way is to just jump in and get your feet wet.

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