Rating: 
Summary: Having several difficulties reading this book
Review: I am reading through this book and have experienced the following
issues:
1. The CD does not contain the examples that the author
refers to in the book. Chapter 2 refers to a debug
example on the CD and Chapter 3 refers to a DragDrop
project. Both these projects do not exist on the CD. I had
to stop and write a review at this point where I am only
in Chapter 3... 2. Many sections in the book are not organized and leave
the reader totally confused. Chapter 3 explains about
frames... I had to skip that section as I could not
understand anything. A constructive example would be
much better.I am somewhat disappointed with the publisher Daniel
Rating:
Summary: Having several difficulties reading this book
Review: I am reading through this book and have experienced the following
issues:
1. The CD does not contain the examples that the author
refers to in the book. Chapter 2 refers to a debug
example on the CD and Chapter 3 refers to a DragDrop
project. Both these projects do not exist on the CD. I had
to stop and write a review at this point where I am only
in Chapter 3... 2. Many sections in the book are not organized and leave
the reader totally confused. Chapter 3 explains about
frames... I had to skip that section as I could not
understand anything. A constructive example would be
much better. I am somewhat disappointed with the publisher Daniel
Rating: 
Summary: Powerful Resource - Well Deserving 5-Stars
Review: I don't do a lot of programming so I was able to put off buying this book until just recently. I've been so pleased with it that I know now I should have bought it long ago. It's very well written and full of hands-on real world examples. Reading and understanding the Authors is very uncomplicated. They take you from VCL basics to serious in-depth development quickly with articulate facundity. I've found the chapter on Windows API programming to be especially benefecial. If you do any programming with CPP Builder you're unlikely to get very far without this book. Also worth mentioning, I've found most of this book to be an excellent reference for earlier versions including CPP Builder 3 as well. I found the complaints about the chapters on CD-ROM to have no real merit. The chapters on the CD could easily have made up another volume to be purchased seperately. I consider it something extra. The book contains almost 1400 pages of excellent documentation and reference text and on it's own measure earns a 5 star rating.
Rating: 
Summary: Best C++ Builder 5 Book in Book Stores
Review: I have been looking around for C++ Builder 5 books and only managed to find this book. It is well-written but certain chapters are on the CD-ROM instead of being printed which I find very inconvenient.
Rating:
Summary: The ONLY book available on Borland C++ Builder 5.
Review: If you're tired of the frustration of trying to put together a
simple Windows application in Visual C++ and like us, have
discovered the future of C++ programming in Windows with Borland
C++ Builder 5, you'll be thankful this book is available. If you've ever been to a bookstore you know that the ratio of
Visual C++ books to Borland C++ Builder books is about 100:1.
That's unfortunate considering BCB is the far better product. With that in mind, this book is as good as they come and it's
the only one that is current with the latest version of Builder. My only gripe is that it's very similar to the Developer's
Guide that comes with the product when you purchase it. So you
will get 90% of the content of this book with the manual that
is included when you buy the software. The other 10% you won't
get is basically a few chapters on graphics and OpenGL and a few other things here and there. Plus this book is more readable and
friendly than the raw manual which is more for reference. You can't go wrong with this book because it actually focuses
on the C++ Builder 5 product unlike other books which merely
talk about the C++ language not specific to Builder.
Rating:
Summary: The best book on C++Builder 5
Review: que contiene el libro ha hay paginas en español
Rating:
Summary: Makes a great doorstop
Review: The reason I gave this book 1 star is because there is nothing smaller. The CD contains the same stuff you can download from Borland's web site. In fact, the book is a compilation of help screens, tutorials, and published sample applications. Borland's help is obscure at best. Taking the SAME data and putting it in print doesn't make it clear, just heavy. My particular interest was in their implementation of OpenGL. The description says "discover the latest in multi-media techniques with OpenGL". One paragraph that mentions two examples on the CD rom (The same two examples that you get for free with the eval version).
Don't waste your money.
Rating:
Summary: A bargin
Review: This book has a much better layout then the previous book: C++ Builder 5 developers guide. Smaller print and better scaling means that all the book is on print.
It covers all the basic of using C++ Builder, + writing custom components. All of it well written. Most of the book is talking about SOAP/.NET/BizTalk/Datasnap and so on, all stuff that is only relevant for people that has the enterprise version of Builder. That does take one star from the rating, it is simply not relevant for me, since I only do engineering calculations + nice 3D plots.
People looking for a book on Builder should get this one (the documentations that comes with Builder is full of misprints) so the book fills a huge gap, even if they have the previous version. The layout + the low prize + the previous book is included, makes it a bargin!
Rating:
Summary: DLL and COM chapters are great
Review: This book is fantastic. You do not need any other book for Builder 6. I was having problems with DLL and COM programming, but this book stepped me right through it. It is easy to understand and has very good examples. The CD includes a copy of the developer's guide for Builder 5 so it is great for people making the transition from 5 to 6.
Rating:
Summary: If you have C++Builder, you want this too!
Review: This book isnt really awesome, then again, what technical text is? This is still the definitive works upon the subject of C++Builder, it learns you the neat details about the IDE, it reveals the depths of the API and shows some very interesting techniques on standard C++. It is simply a book written by some very experienced programmers, seasoned in Borlands solutions. So who would want this book? Well, C++ Primers does not want it unless they have an extreme learningrate, it mainly targets people who know how to write a basic DOS program in C++ and have done some windowsprogramming in Delphi, Pascal or Visual Basic and want to get get the hinch of Windows programming in C++. You should know how C++ works, and you should know how Windows operate (You will get a crashcourse on the latter though -- See the topics on API) and want to tie the two together. Another group that would greatly benefit from it is people accustomed to Microsoft Visual C++ and wants to migrate to Borlands RAD to get more done in shorter time. If you think you are among these, you really should get this book, it is cunning and it is interesting, it reveals tricks and howtos on advanced topics and is the best book Ive ever seen on programming in Windows. So why only give it 4 stars? To put it simple, the fact that half the book is on CD only annoys me, and the fact that they crippled it in a stupid format as PDF annoys me even more! I previously bought Visual Basic Unleashed, which had their book in HTML wich was way more convenient. Not as nice looking, but way more convenient. The fact remains though, this is a very good book, and it is the only book that dwells the depth of C++Builder 5.0 -- If you intend to spend some time working with this, you owe it to yourself to have a copy of this on your shelf.
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