Win32lib docs (was Re: Error when tryijng to use Upper())
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From: <ronaustin at alltel.net>
>To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
>Subject: Re: Error when tryijng to use Upper()
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>For people who are familiar with API programing and know where to look, the
>lack of documentation
>is probably not a big problem, but for people like me who have come from a
>non GUI language to
>Euphoria it's kind of tough.
I sympathize with you because I've been there too. Before taking on the Win32lib
role, I'd never used Windows API in my life. The closest was Visual Basic but
that is a different paradigm altogether. I have had to glean "how to program with
windows API" from many sources, including the good people on this forum. I still
regard myself as an apprentice in this field.
> I'm not complaining, mind you, Euphoria is great.
I'd just like to reinforce the idea that Win32lib is NOT an official Rapid
Deployment Software package. It is a form of freeware/open-source thing with many
contributors. So Win32lib is NOT 'Euphoria'.
> When I want to add
>some new code to my program I first check for any examples, then I check any
>documentation I can find,
> then check my code again, then I check for examples again and after 3 or 4
>rounds if I still don't have
>the answer I post a question here.
Same here.
> I'll go download or buy some documentation for the MS API.
May I recommend "Programming Windows" by Charles Pretzold. The latest edition is
massive and cost around $US70+. You get great value for that money though.
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Derek
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