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RE: Win32lib (simple app) not working #2

• Posted by euman at bellsouth.net Aug 18, 2003
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On 18 Aug 2003 at 20:00, Dave Probert wrote:

> 
> 
> euman at bellsouth.net wrote:
> > On 18 Aug 2003 at 19:53, Pete Lomax wrote:
> > > On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 13:50:22 -0400, euman at bellsouth.net wrote:
> > > >Well, I must agree Win32lib 59.1 is pretty useless.
> > > Ever the diplomat
> 
> I can't actually agree here, I personally think that win32lib isn't 
> useless (waaay too strong!), but just not complete enough.  
> 
> It's an ongoing development library - just needs people, like 
> yourselves, to find and report errors. Possibly even find solutions and 
> submitting them to Derek to put in the next update.  With a version 
> number like 0.59, it cannot be a full version - those usually get a 
> number like 1.1 or whatever :)
> 
> The difference, as far as I can see, between win32lib and the others 
> I've looked at, is that it tries to remove the need to have lots of 
> different calls to w32_func(), etc in someones application.  
> Encapsulating commonly used features under a single procedure name, 
> instead of having half-a-dozen variants.
> 
> My suggestion - don't deride it, help it.

Thanks, Im fully aware of the still under construction clause.
Ive been here since before David Cuny started talking about
creating Win32lib and I have every faith that this library will
eventually be what puts Euphoria on the map.

But at this stage its pretty useless to me..... 
Euman