Windows Programmer's Guide to Objectwindows Library

This book goes over the basics of OWL programming. OWL being an early version of classes used to make Windows application like MFC (Microsoft Foundations Classes) today. OWL was Borland's version of such classes. Namir Shammas cover the earliest version of OWL in this book. So, it's not of much use today unless you have Turbo C++ 3.0 for Windows. The book does an adequate job of presenting the material. Namir gives plenty of examples. Unfortunately, Borland greatly improved their OWL (Object Windows Library) over the next few years following the books release in 1992. So, the information presented won't be of much use if you have Borland C++ 4 or later. For its time, the book was good. So, I give it a good rating. Too bad the author didn't give programming assignments or end of chapter question. That's a weakness. There are numerous OWL books out there that cover the later versions. I'd recommend "Borland Object-Oriented Programming 4th Edition" by Ted Faison. He covers the basics of OWL in with an overview of many classes that come with Borland C++ 4.5. Of course, time moves on and so do compilers and classes. So, even Ted's book is dated material. But if you bought an old Turbo C++ for Windows 3.0 on ebaY or a garage sale and want to learn how to use it Namir's book may do you some good.