Thoughts regarding a book for writing SolidWorks API using .Net

Hello All,

I am thinking about writing a new book similar to the VB book I wrote
some time ago for providing VB programmers a good reference when
writing in .Net.

I would like to make the examples in VB.Net and C# as that doesn't make
alot of extra work and also keep the book useful for people using
either language.

Any thoughts would be appreciated

Bob Hanson

 

Bob,

As I mentioned before, "SW API for Dummies" would be a good format. I
still have VB 6 and I suspect the biggest audience would be VB literate
to some extent and COM literate very little.

TOP

PS What is the ISDN for the previous book?

 

The previous two books (VB and VC++) were available privately from my
website and later from Centare Group Ltd.

I am looking to pursue the formal process of checking into publishers
for the new one if enough people are interested

Bob

 

Another good book format to look at: the "Teach yourself Visually"
series. I have the PHP and HTML books. Very useful.

I'm about to make the leap to VB.NET. I have an app that is having
problems with resources in its VB6 form. I was told that VB.Net will
take care of the issues.

 

I guess one item to mention is that I am planning on making this a book
that details the development process for SolidWorks add-in and
standalone applications.

The other aspect is to compare how some of this was performed in Visual
Basic 6.0 to provide a crossover for app developers going from VB6 to
VB or C# .Net.

Thanks for the input

Bob Hanson

 

Did you track the kind of numbers you last book did?

I should be a good indicator.

I would be interested in it. Though I have already done a few .NET
addins myself. It is always nice to know what you are doing the hard
way.

Regards,
Corey

 

Hey Bob,

Not to be discouraging, but I am actively looking for alternatives to
..NET for programming SolidWorks add-ins. I'm semi VB literate at this
point and if I'm going to learn a new programming idiom, I'm fairly
certain I'm not at all interested in VB.NET and only coincidently
interested in C# because of it's passing similarity to Java.

Unfortunately though, at this point there don't seem to be a lot of
alternatives, particularly for inexpensive programming app's. Inertia
is a difficult thing to resist.

Chris