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Last update Jan 3, 2003
1. Introducing Digital Mars C++
Welcome to the Digital Mars C++ for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP,
Windows 3.1, DOS and DOS32. This chapter contains information on
how to use this book and what you need to know about Digital Mars C++.
For a list of the Digital Mars C++ features, see
features.
Finding the Information
This manual is divided into the following six parts:
- Part 1: "Welcome to Digital Mars C++"
- In addition to the current chapter, this
part contains a chapter introducing the
Integrated Development and Debugging
Environment (IDDE).
- Part 2: "Creating an Application with Digital Mars C++"
- Guide to creating your first application in
Digital Mars C++.
- Part 3: "Learning Digital Mars C++ by Example"
- These tutorial chapters take you through
building DOS and Windows hypertext
file reader applications.
- Part 4: "More about Creating Programs"
- These chapters provide more detail
about IDDE settings, workspaces, the
application framework designers, the
class browsers, the text editor, and
version control.
- Part 5: "More about Testing Programs"
- These chapters explain in detail the
debugging features of Digital Mars C++.
- Part 6: "About Managing Resources"
- The chapters in this part describe in
detail how to use the Digital Mars
ResourceStudio to create and edit
resources.
- Part 7: "Appendixes"
- This part contains appendixes on
expression evaluation, the relationship
between IDDE settings and command-line
options, and the NetBuild feature.
Suggestions for the new users of Digital Mars C++
If you are new to Digital Mars C++, congratulations and welcome. We
hope you find our product powerful and easy to use.
Check out
Introducing the IDDE
and work through the
tutorials in Chapters 9-14 to become proficient with Digital Mars C++
quickly.
Suggestions for users new to Windows development
If you are starting to program for Windows, Digital Mars C++ is a great
platform. Read
Generating an Application Framework,
and
Adding Look and Feel with Resources.
Also you should read the tutorials (Chapters 9-14), which guide you
through the development of a Windows application.
Suggestions for users porting to Digital Mars C++
If you need to port your code from another compiler or from a
previous version of C++, read the
"Switching to Digital Mars C++" chapter in the
Compiler & Tools Guide.
Suggestions for users upgrading to Digital Mars C++
If you are upgrading from a previous version of Digital Mars C++ and
want to learn about the new product features, read
Generating an Application Framework,
Defining Classes and Their Hierarchies,
Adding Look and Feel with Resources,
More about AppExpress,
and
More about ClassExpress.
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