Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-20 Thread Anonymous
Steve - Sorry, I meant that I have stopped my subscription :-)   Paul - Original Message - From: Steve Cooney To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Sent: Thursday, 17 June 1999 22:17 Subject: Re: [DUG]: Reference books Magazines:- Visual Developer

Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-17 Thread Anonymous
> Steve wrote: > > > I believe Delphi Informant the best of the Delphi magazines and the CD > > back issue is a sensible tool. > > Don't overlook The Delphi Magazine (UK). http://www.itecuk.com > Consistently better technical content than DI, IMHO. FWIW, I'll second that.

Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-17 Thread Anonymous
Steve wrote: > I believe Delphi Informant the best of the Delphi magazines and the CD > back issue is a sensible tool. Don't overlook The Delphi Magazine (UK). http://www.itecuk.com Consistently better technical content than DI, IMHO. cheers, peter ===

Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-17 Thread Anonymous
Magazines:- Visual Developer (discontinued) AFAIK it lives: http://www.visual-developer.com/ and I have the May June issue in front of me on the desk mess. Delphi Informant Delphi Developers Journal (I think now taken over by Delphi Developer) I believe Delphi Informant the best of the

Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
esday, 16 June 1999 22:00 Subject: RE: [DUG]: Reference books And just to add to the list we use Mastering Delphi 4 as a class text. Doesn't have all the basic stuff in it as bulk to make to look thick! Steven > To:Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

[DUG]: Reference Books

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
Wow! That got a response. Thanks everyone - there's a bunch of good references to start with Mark --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz

RE: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
rom: "Nigel Tavendale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [DUG]: Reference books > Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 11:35:14 +1200 > Importance:Normal > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > --=_NextPart_000_0006_01BEB7EC.4DDFCCB0 &

RE: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-15 Thread Anonymous
list delphi Subject: Re: [DUG]: Reference books > >I find it hard to believe that all you obviously competent Delphi > people posting > >to this list, don't have tucked away somewhere some really nifty > reference books. > >I'm sure there are some sile

Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-15 Thread Anonymous
Heres a list of all the Delphi books I've got plus magazines subscribed to - All have been useful at some time or other. I've noticed that in a lot of books emphasis is placed on the features of Delphi with a sad lack of coverage of the (Borland) Pascal language - I think to be an effective D

Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-15 Thread Anonymous
> However for serious Windows programming I have found two books very useful. > 1 - The Tomes of Delphi 3: The Core Win32 API > 2 - The Tomes of Delphi 3: The Core Win32 Graphical API > These are reference books, not tutorials. However they contain an enourmous > wealth of useful information on

RE: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-15 Thread Anonymous
Multimedia API book will be out soon or could be out now. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Carl Reynolds > Sent: Wednesday, 16 June 1999 08:49 > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > Subject: RE: [DUG]: Reference

Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-15 Thread Anonymous
> >I find it hard to believe that all you obviously competent Delphi > people posting > >to this list, don't have tucked away somewhere some really nifty > reference books. > >I'm sure there are some silent subscribers who would find your > suggestions > >useful. > > All the books I ever bought we

RE: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-15 Thread Anonymous
to know - always end up going back to the source. Myles -Original Message- From: Carl Reynolds [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 8:49 AM To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject:RE: [DUG]: Reference books >I find it hard to believe that all

RE: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-15 Thread Anonymous
>I find it hard to believe that all you obviously competent Delphi people posting >to this list, don't have tucked away somewhere some really nifty reference books. >I'm sure there are some silent subscribers who would find your suggestions >useful. All the books I ever bought were pathetic. I t

Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-15 Thread Mark Howard
Thanks for that suggestion Geoffrey.(How's the nipper?) There was one other suggestion from Steve Cooney I find it hard to believe that all you obviously competent Delphi people posting to this list, don't have tucked away somewhere some really nifty reference books. I'm sure there are some silent

Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-13 Thread Anonymous
Matthew Comb wrote: > > Mark, Your questions are NOT silly. > > > > Tony. > > Well there was the one about the > > :) > > Matt. Careful - I'm sensitive! Mark --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EM

Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-13 Thread Axis
I would have to suggest that for beginners that Delphi for Dummies is an excellent starting point for the absolute beginner. I havent moved onto the intermediate level yet so cant comment on that. Geoff Mark Howard wrote: > Hi Guys > > It would be interesting and useful to me (and maybe some ot

Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-13 Thread Matthew Comb
> Mark, Your questions are NOT silly. > > Tony. Well there was the one about the :) Matt. --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.

Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-13 Thread Tony Blomfield
Mark, Your questions are NOT silly. Tony. -Original Message- From: Mark Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, 13 June 1999 19:47 Subject: [DUG]: Reference books Hi Guys It would be interesting and useful to m

Re: [DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-13 Thread Steve Cooney
- Original Message - From: Mark Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 1999 8:44 PM Subject: [DUG]: Reference books > Hi Guys > > It would be interesting and useful to me (and maybe some

[DUG]: Reference books

1999-06-12 Thread Mark Howard
Hi Guys It would be interesting and useful to me (and maybe some others) to get some feedback on what are considered to be the best reference books for beginner/intermediate level Delphinians. Some areas that I need to address in particular are: Understanding Paradox files, structure, indexing,