Re: Newbie

r_z_aret_at_pen_fact.com
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:17:06 -0400

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:18:38 -0700, "Peter Lee"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am new to Windows Programming and would like to start
>doing some development.

I strongly recommend using google
(http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search) to look up
newbie
in this newsgroup (microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer). Many of the
threads that turn up will include messages from me similar to this
one. But many will contain real info, including pointers to sites with
sample code, relevant articles, and lists of books. And multiple
opinions about tools etc.

>
>The first thing that I would like to try is to develop a
>program that running on the background and constantly
>monitor what program is running keep tracking of the
>running, may be knowing the title bar is good enough, any
>suggestion?

This seems like a challenging first project.

>
>Thanks.

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