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Troan
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Posted: 29th Jun 2003 02:51
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The begginners guide for darkbasic programing yea that book!
Is the CD important cuase
you can buy it at darkbasic.com but costs $73
at amazon.com you can buy it for $43 /w no CD
and some reason u need a non free e-mail wich i dont have if u buy for $73 :-s
What should i do?
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jeffmosesuk
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Posted: 30th Jun 2003 13:46
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The cd contains the source code files of all the sample projects in the book, darkbasic demo's, DirectX 8.1, demos of games and some other trial versions of the software.

But more importantly the book does come with the cd anyway at amazon.com ?!?!?!?

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indi
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Posted: 30th Jun 2003 13:57
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your internet isp usually gives you 1 to 5 emails with your net connection.

Ask mum or dad if your young to use one of their emails or ask a friend who has theres set up and get them to print it off and email you a copy to your freemail.

http://www.lunarpixel.com
http://www.lunarpixel.com/dt/
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Nilrem
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Posted: 30th Jun 2003 15:17
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I bought mine from http://www.amazon.co.uk/ and mine came with the CD.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
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Stewie
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Posted: 30th Jun 2003 17:37
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I bough the book and I think you can learn easier on internet than in book because the book don't tell you that much about:

how to do that...
or
how to do it if...
or
if this is...
or
this should be...
or
the problem is with...

Even the tutorials in the book are not that usefull

So i really think the book don't worth that much
i bough it 106.79$$

and I think its a rip-off because only 400-500 pages "~"

But for the same price i bought VB programming(From jonathan) with 1010 Pages

see the difference.

Well.
Thats it. Enjoy the book!!!

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jeffmosesuk
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Posted: 30th Jun 2003 17:44
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400-500 pages ? Its over 700 ?

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Troan
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Posted: 1st Jul 2003 02:27 Edited at: 1st Jul 2003 02:42
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ive hear you get free cartography shop with order not from amazon x-d

"Life isnt everthing, its the only thing"
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MikeS
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Posted: 1st Jul 2003 02:30
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Quote: "106.79$$"


I think it's only like $85 from the db website, maybe i did the conversion wrong though.
And yes it is 714(or 715) pages I believe.

Quote: "But for the same price i bought VB programming(From jonathan) with 1010 Pages"


Well, visual basics is a whole different story.Plus you can't make a comparision between a visual basic book and the db book, because you havn't given enough information about the VB book.

Quote: "Even the tutorials in the book are not that usefull"

Well, if you're already programming in VB, I will assume that you have some programming knowledge.The db book basically gets you from basic coding to intermidiete in the db language.

So really I can see your arguement, and I'm not trying to flame you, but the book really is for beginners.



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Troan
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Posted: 1st Jul 2003 03:35
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nm that was dbpro hmmm is thier anyway i can cacel shipping the book?
i orderd it yesterday night

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MikeS
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Posted: 1st Jul 2003 04:29
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Ewwww, I hate to tell ya, but you may be stuck Troan.If you ordered with Paypal there still may be a chance you can cancel.Never hurts to try.



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Nilrem
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Posted: 1st Jul 2003 19:17
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The book is for both DB and DBP.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
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MikeS
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2003 03:21
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I believe so.

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kane
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2003 18:15
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Yes the CD is important as there are several errors in the source code provided in the book that the CD has correct.

Yes the book covers DB & DBPro.

The book so far covers all and by far more than what has been provided with the online tutorials.

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