Special Issue 1991 - WINDOWS 3 PROGRAMMING


FEATURES

QUICK APPROXIMATIONS OF POLYGONAL AREAS USING BITBLT
by Nancy Nicolaisen

Use graphics and Boolean raster operations to estimate areas by determining the unit area represented by a single pixel.

SUBCLASSING APPLICATIONS
by Mike Klein

Subclassing is an important--and misunderstood--method of intercepting and processing messages going to an object in Windows 3.

WINDOWS MEETS C++
by Scott Robert Ladd

If you've been wondering whether or not the object-oriented power of C++ can be used to simplify Windows programming, Scott's class library gives you an answer--even though Windows isn't necessarily object oriented in the first place.

PROGRAMMING WINDOWS USING STATE TABLES
by Michael A. Bertrand and William R. Welch

The data structure presented in this article can simplify the structure of interactive graphics programs. Here, a Windows-based program called "Draw" uses stable tables to implement interactive drawing tools in an economical, consistent fashion.

PROPVIEW: A WINDOWS FAMILY BROWSER
by Mike Klein

PropView, the Windows 3 property and structure viewer presented here, provides information on any window under the mouse, including its handle, caption, class name, class icon, properties, extra data, and style information.

EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL
by Michael Floyd


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