newbie seeking references

[stormbind]

Hi,

I understand the core of Pascal, but I don't know _anything_ about programming for Windows

Can anyone recommend a good site (reference/tutorial/etc.) that covers interacting with the GUI, drag & drop, mouse clicks, etc..?

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[Euphaz]

Delphi is the best tool for writing Windows programs in pascal language. I don't think you can write real Windows programs in Turbo Pascal.

The Delphi IDE is intuitive, it has the same syntax check as Turbo Pascal and a great help-system (for procedures etc).

The list of supposed events such as mouse clicks etc. are listed in a menu beside the window you are working on. As soon as you click an object on your window, the menu show that object properties. There you can switch on for example the 'on-button-click' event, and give it a name, and there you are shifted into the code-window and can write normal Pascal-code that should happen in that click.

Delpi and Windows are event driven, it is a bit different from DOS and Pascal where you must check everything inside the main program.

 

[dkdude]

Yup! Delphi is *the* thing you're looking for. Here's a trial-download link:

http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_delphi.html

Regards


Jakob