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to: STEVE BATSON
from: TOMMY USHER
date: 1996-08-08 10:56:00
subject: WDJ Review....

SB>Yes, I did read it. All I can say is, he found that we aren't
SB>perfect...Yes, we
SB>did work from beta code which changed several times and if he had 
downloaded
SB>the errata doc and source code, most of the technical issues and misprints
SB>would have been handled...but then we are talking about a publication that
SB>admits they give alot of bad reviews and this particular review starts off 
b
SB>complaining about the author's dedications...I think that speaks for 
itself.
I did a review for their sister publication (C User's Journal, at the
time), so my interest was somewhat professional.  While I absolutely
hate book review columns that only write "good" reviews (they are truly
useless) I also don't care for one's that trash books without good
reason.  This magazine is very rapidly taking the second approach.  Now,
I have wasted some major money on useless programming texts.  But your's
was not one of them.  As you point out, the style sort of speaks for
itself....
SB>BTW, we have received alot of email from readers before the review was
SB>published and most seem happy with the book so we are taking it with the
SB>grain
SB>of salt that it is. :)
It helped me get started....  I do wish you had of detailed the ListView
component....  Actually, to put it a bit better, I wish SOMEONE would
really detail the ListView component.  The ONLY book that really tells
how to use it, is "Delphi Programming for Dummies, Second Edition."  And
it doesn't give that much detail.  Granted, I have it pretty much
licked, though I would still like to know how to get it to allow me to
choose items by double clicking on them.  That seems to be all but
impossible....
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