Imagine this scenario: You create a hunter character with random stats and hit points and enter the dungeon to begin exploring for treasure. You stumble upon a zombie pacing near a pile of gear and gold! You attack the zombie and it strikes back! You roll 1D20 and score a critical hit! The 20 point die plus dexterity, against the...

Now in its 10th version, Delphi provides users with four programming languages: C++ and Delphi for Win32 for building Windows applications, and C# and Delphi for .NET for building applications that target the .NET platform. Inside Delphi 2006 demonstrates how to use all of these languages. Topics include the foundations of Delphi, VCL...

"The authors excel in presenting all aspects of the .NET development cycle in a format accessible to the beginner, and as a primer and reference for the experienced developer. This book is not only educational and informative, but working through it is fun!"
—Dr. Oliver Downs, Chief Scientist, Analytical...

Advance your expertise with ASP.NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1—and build dynamic Web solutions that can run across multiple browsers and mobile devices. This guide expertly balances coverage of ASP.NET infrastructure with practical, hands-on examples you can modify for your own Web applications and services. As you examine...

Like many of my colleagues in this industry, I learned Windows programming from Charles Petzold's Programming Windows—a classic programming text that is the bible to an entire generation of Windows programmers. When I set out to become an MFC programmer in 1994, I went shopping for an MFC equivalent to Programming...

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To deliver high-performance Windows applications, you need an in-depth understanding of the Win32 GDI and DirectDraw-but until now, it’s been virtually impossible to discover what’s going on "behind" Microsoft’s API calls. This book rips away the veil, giving experienced Windows programmers all the...

Providing you with the ultimate guide to the C# language, this book will help you quickly write your own programs while also getting you up to speed on how the .NET architecture works. It not only covers the fundamentals of C# but presents numerous examples of applications that use a variety of related technologies, including database access,...

This new...