Tomes/Delphi 3win32 Cr API [With Code from Book, Programs, Shareware, Help Files]

by David Bowden and Larry Diehl

The authors provide software developers a comprehensive guide to the Microsoft Windows application programming interface, the heart of Windows software development. This reference covers all of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556225563
• ISBN13: 9781556225567
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Wordware Publishing
• Length: 788 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

If there is a Delphi resource you must have then this is it!

Which book do I refer to more than any other? Which book helps me solve more problems than any other? Which book serves me better than any newsgroup (most of the time)? The Tomes of Delphi 3.I must concur with other reviews I've read. If you are into the Windows API then this book is a must-have. It doesn't cover everything in the API, but more than 90% of what I need to know is in this book. I seriously wouldn't get my job done as quickly without it.I am eagerly awaiting their new WIN32 Multimedia API book!In the meantime, get this book!

Tomes: wonderful for Pascal NON-Delphi programmers, too

I have DLLs in some of my apps, programmed using Metrowerks' CodeWarrior environment and Pascal. The Tomes books have been absolutely VITAL in helping me to make Windows calls. Relatively little of the content of Tomes is Delphi-specific, rather, Tomes is extremely valuable for ANY Windows Pascal programmers!

Excellent reference on the Win API from a Delphi perspective

This is an excellent reference on the Windows API for the mature Delphi professional. Much better explanations and examples than what is provided with the Win API help file. Unlike other WinAPI books on the market, this one is 100% pure Delphi, with all examples and other references using the Delphi types and Pascal syntax. One of the most valuable features is the corrected function imports. Quite a few API calls are incorrectly imported in Delphi, but this book tells you what they are and gives the correct syntax. This is not a how-to cookbook. It doesn't spend much time explaining what the API is or why you would want to use it. But it does give top-notch documentation on the most commonly used functions. Hundreds of examples are provided. The only complaint I have is that the examples are not always very realistic. They show how to call the function but don't give great ideas about when you would want to use it. If you are a professional Delphi programmer, this is a must-have book for your reference library. I've needed a book like this for years. Now I can't wait for the Graphical API book to come out!

The Best and only Delphi Reference book out on the market

This book is a must for any serious Delphi developer. The API has been covered before but not for Delphi and this in-depth. It seems like the authors made a point of making sure this book was correct in every aspect. I am the head of the development department for my company. I plan on making sure that everyone of my Delphi developers has this book. This book will work for any 32bit Delphi application. If you don't have this book then you are not a serious Delphi Developer. I applaud the entire Tomes staff for an excellent job on the book. The only problem with the book is the CD. If you contact Wordware they will send you out a new CD. They also have the missing items from the CD on there webpage. I also suggest checking out John Ayres webpage. It is a great place for Delphi links.

Excellent reference manual for experts

Not for the faint-hearted. This book is aimed toward advanced users. Those with less experience and knowledge of Windows programming will not find the book useful, but those who wish to squeeze out every ounce of energy from a Delphi/Windows application will find this book very valuable. In addition to excellent information, they get a big plus in that all of their example code WORKS. There is no reason to jump to their web page to download the "working" version, and no "sorry, I forgot to include some files on the CD" stuff. If there is, I sure haven't run into it yet. Without the book, you can spend 5 minutes tracking down the correct syntax for callback functions (and then test to ensure it works), or spend 30 seconds looking it up in this book and getting quality documentation. I don't have time to waste; the book is for me.