Re: Accessing Win API
Euman,
What about ol' Petzold's Programming Windows 95? Do you think it can
help?
-- Euler
On 14 Apr 2002, at 16:54, euman at bellsouth.net wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> If you want to spend the rest of your life figuring out Win32lib then
> more power to you but if you really want a leg-up on Win API then, I
> would suggest getting a book and actually reading the explanations the
> author gives for each API routine...A C/C++ language book that got me
> started was Windows Programming Annotated Archives Code with Commentary
> by Herberb Schildt. Probably cant find this particular book anymore but
> there are dozens like it.
>
> Win32lib will only make your head swim simply because its far more
> advanced than you need as a beginner. Sorry Tone to step in there but if
> he doesnt know what API calls do then Win32lib wont help at all.
>
> Euman
> euman at bellsouth.net
>
> ...if the US Government were ever to get really serious about Internet
> security, the top players in Microsoft's management hierarchy would find
> themselves handcuffed, blindfolded, led onto a tarmac within some
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> (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/23223.html) -- Kat will like
> this one!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Travis Beaty" <travis_beaty at mcleodusa.net>
> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 3:29 PM
> Subject: RE: Accessing Win API
>
>
> > Hello Marcus!
> >
> > One of the reasons that I started working with Euphoria was because of
> > the fact that I couldn't understand the Windows API for the life of
> > me, but I wanted to write Windows apps. That also made me zero in on
> > win32lib.ew instantly, which back then was much more limited than it
> > is now.
> >
> > As I looked through the source code of win32lib, I discovered how it
> > worked, suddenly the Windows API began to make a LOT more sense to me.
> > So I'd also suggest you take a look at the innards of win32lib.ew,
> > which will give you some insight into the workings of the API that it
> > wraps.
> >
> > Hope I've helped you some,
> >
> > Travis Beaty
> > Evans, Colorado.
> >
> > "The Arkansas legislature passed a law that states that the Arkansas
> > River can rise no higher than to the Main Street bridge in Little
> > Rock."
> >
> >
> > : -----Original Message-----
> > : From: Bernie Ryan [mailto:xotron at localnet.com]
> > : Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 9:56 AM
> > : To: EUforum
> > : Subject: RE: Accessing Win API
> > :
> > :
> > : lists at wordit.com wrote:
> > : > On 13.04.02 at 17:26 Wolf wrote:
> > : > >You *could* be a bit more specific 
> > : >
> > : > The API function is "ReadDirectoryChangesW".
> > : >
> > : > If anybody could give me a basic outline on how to get started
> > it
> > : would
> > : > be a great help. I'm not familiar with Win32 API, so that
> > makes
> > a
> > : bit
> > : > more difficult.
> > : >
> > : >
> > : > >There are literally thousands of examples in hundred's of
> > programs
> > : on
> > : > the
> > : > >EU contributions page, as well as examples in
> > : > >Euphoria\Demo\Win32
> > : >
> > : > >It's all done thru link_dll, define_c_func,
> > define_c_proc...
> > one
> > : > way or
> > : > >another...
> > : >
> > : > Any example in particular that might be good for newbies? : >
> > : > Thanks, : > : : Marcus: : I would suggest that if you
> > don't have any knowledge of : win32 programming that you start
> > with something simpler. : If you read the doucuments that come
> > with Euphoria then : in the Euphoria\demo\win32 directory you
> > will find : a example program called window.exw which is what
> > you have : to do just to create a window. If this is too
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