Programmer's Guide to Pen Services for Microsoft Windows 95

Guide for Developers Who Need to Add Complete Scalability to Windows
95-Based Programs

REDMOND, Wa--June 27, 1995--Programmers who are developing or considering
developing pen-based applications for Microsoft Windows 95 now have key
technical data at their fingertips with the PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE TO PEN
SERVICES FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS 95, from Microsoft Press.

Part of the Microsoft Professional Editions series, this book is the
official documentation for Windows 95-based pen computing and is a
comprehensive guide for experienced developers. It includes a
mini-tutorial and the application programming interface (API) reference
for the Microsoft Pen Computing extensions to Windows 95.

The Pen Computing extensions to Microsoft Windows 95 provide a rich
environment for developing pen-based applications and for enhancing
existing Windows-based applications in order to take advantage of pen
input devices.

Applications written for Windows 95 can be made pen-aware with considerably
less development time than it would take to build a similar application
from scratch for a pen-dedicated operating system. Building pen-dedicated
applications from scratch with the Pen extensions and the core Windows 95
API will also be easier for developers already familiar with programming
for Windows 95.

The first half of the book lays the foundation for programming with the Pen
extensions, providing an overview of the architecture, an introduction to
the components of the user interface, and a sample application and sample
recognizer--the dynamic link libraries (DLLs) that translate pen input
into recognizable symbols.

The second half of the book is a comprehensive and detailed look at the API
routines, concluding with a summary of pen-related structures, messages,
and constants. A comprehensive index helps readers quickly locate
information on any topic in the book.

Availability and Pricing

PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE TO PEN SERVICES FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS 95 (ISBN:
1-55615-835-1, 544 pages) is available at bookstores and software stores
that carry books, directly from Microsoft Press (1-800-MSPRESS), or
through the CompuServe Electronic Mall (GO MSP). Suggested price is
$27.95

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