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A comprehensive reference to all of the Win 32 API function calls used to display graphics and user interface elements, this book highlights such topics as drawing primitives, color palette management, regions, and paths. The highly innovative InstallShield and DemoShield software are included on the CD-ROM. .

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Like a fool I bought this one inspite of the reviews here..., August 28, 2000

By A Customer

Like a fool, I bought this book in spite of the many negative reviews on this page. I was sorely disappointed. As the other reviewers have said, if you can read Visual Basic and you have MSDN, you don't need this book. The examples are beyond useless. The writing is disjoined and poor. Basically, this thing is nothing but a very expensive paper weight.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Pretty bloody thin, if you ask me, September 6, 2000

By A Customer

Is this a tome? I was expecting deep subject coverage. What we have instead is a reproduction of the API docs. Does that a tome make? I think not. What's missing? Complex examples. Real-world examples (who creates windows with API calls when we have TForm?). Undocumented insights behind the APIs -- things you can't find in MSDN or the Platform SDK. More than anything, this book highlights the bloody lack of good Delphi books. This one is definitely a pass.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A repeat of MSDN, June 17, 2000

By A Customer

This book is no tome, unless 'tome' has come to mean a regurgitation of something someone else wrote. The examples are beyond bad. Many are lifted directly from the MSDN and Borland help (translated to Pascal, of course). Delphi Developer's Guide by Pancheco and Texeria is much better.