Anyone know of a book or a place to go that has all of the API functions listed in one place? That freggin API viewer that comes with VB just aint cuttin it. Thanks.
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Anyone know of a book or a place to go that has all of the API functions listed in one place? That freggin API viewer that comes with VB just aint cuttin it. Thanks.
The ultimate API book?
Dan Appleman's Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the Win32 API
1500+ pages of api info!
check out www.vbapi.com
Also try www.allapi.net, but the Appleman book is good.
Alot of people like Dan Appleman's books. I personally have not read them.
If you are looking for a good API guide, check out
http://www.allapi.net
They've got a great little app with tons of examples.
-Hand out
The absolytely best giude to win32 API is the MSDN. The problem is that it is C++ oriented.
C++ is not too hard to convert. See VB Thunder's article on reading C++ code.
Anybody see read the O'Reilly VB/API book? I wonder how it compares to the Appleman one.
A combination of Dan Appleman's book and the MSDN library (and the C++ header files for the constant declarations) will do the trick most of the time.
Books are a better source for learning about the topic, whereas MSDN is more of a reference.
I actually own that book.Quote:
Originally posted by JoshT
Anybody see read the O'Reilly VB/API book? I wonder how it compares to the Appleman one.
There are some gems in there, but you have to dig to get to them. It didn't have nearly enough depth on any of the few topics that it does cover.
From everything I've heard Appleman's book is the best. I plan on picking up a copy next time I'm in the states...