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Re: Accessing Win API

• Posted by Sabal.Mike at notations.com Apr 15, 2002
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Euler German wrote:

>Anyone who uses Win32lib is stuck in the loop of having code that is
poor 
>in performance, size and bug ridden.


David Cuny wrote:

> Win32Lib was written for ease of use, and (especially with Judith's
IDE) I 
> think it's achieved that. The tradeoff, unfortunately, is speed.

I, for one, never would have been able to start programming in Windows
without Win32Lib.  Visual Basic was too expensive, and Java was too slow
and cumbersome for simple small business apps.

> As for Win32Lib is 'bug ridden', I suspect that's a bit harsh. And
keep in 
> mind that the author of any software program can't fix bugs they
don't know 
> about. So one of the best ways to fix Win32Lib is to report any known
bugs 
> to Derek.

Well said.  Not to mention that if I tried to do natively what I'm
doing in Win32Lib (and I have tried, and gave up quickly), I'd be bald
by now trying to find the one line with the wrong parameter.  I'm very
grateful to all those who have found the bugs for me, added features I
could never figure out, and prepackage it in such a way as to make it a
real solution to real problems.

> Just my (probably obsolete) two cents.

Obsolete coins are worth a whole lot more than new ones .

Michael J. Sabal