Lately I was trying to do some work with Print Spooler. I did not find any classes that handle the spooler so I turned to use API calls. I am new to using API calls from VB so I had to do some reading. I came across a comment in a document on the Microsoft site which basically indicates the minuses of using API calls. The comment that attracted my attention says the following "The .NET common language runtime is meant to be platform non-specific".

I think the NET framework is Windows specific or I am wrong. What is platform non-specific with .NET.

Also what are people supposed to do if they require functionality which is not provided by .NET.

I wonder how many people in this forum make use of API calls.