Learn Microsoft Active Desktop Programming Using Windows 98

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: If you like authors that cut and paste from Microsoft's online help files, you'll like Nathan Wallace. This book had a great topic but Wallace did little to clarify it. The cover of the book mentions Windows 98, Internet Explorer 5 and Visual C++ 6.0, making a reader think that this is really new stuff (even Microsoft Press doesn't have this stuff out yet!) but inside, the book only mentions these topics in passing. The book is really about Visual C++ 5.0 and Internet Explorer 4.0. (The WIndows 95 verses Windows 98 issue is not really relevant.)

Rating:
Summary: TERRIBLE! Avoid Wordware books!
Review: This book so bad that I actually called the publishers to find out if a mistake had been made. CDROM code did not match the book. Code would not compile. Obviously, Wordware did not bother hiring a technical editor for any of these books. They are simply worthless. I believe the reviews for many of his other books sum it up quite well: Spend your money elsewhere! Nathan Wallace has no business churning out computer books, and Wordware Publishing should be ashamed to try to foist these on the public.

Rating:
Summary: TERRIBLE! Avoid Wordware books!
Review: This book so bad that I actually called the publishers to find out if a mistake had been made. CDROM code did not match the book. Code would not compile. Obviously, Wordware did not bother hiring a technical editor for any of these books. They are simply worthless. I believe the reviews for many of his other books sum it up quite well: Spend your money elsewhere! Nathan Wallace has no business churning out computer books, and Wordware Publishing should be ashamed to try to foist these on the public.