This manual consists of three parts. The first part is a quick GRAPE tour, that briefly describes how to create easily simple Windows applications using GRAPE. The second part explains all the aspects of building complete window applications. The third part provides several advanced topics.
Although this manual touches most of classes from GRAPE library it cannot cover every feature of every class you might want to use. While writing your first applications please glance over the On-Line Help Reference for the complete list of all available features. We hope that you will find a lot of interesting and useful tips there.
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