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  • Every VB programmer must have it!

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  • Prefer using others free resource in internet. (like allapi.net)

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  • If have extra money will buy it for better knowledge in WIN32API.

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Thread: Dan Appleman’s ~ Win32 API

  1. Mar 11th, 2001, 10:22 AM #1
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    juz curious to know, how many ppl over this forum got the Dan Appleman’s Visual Basic Programmer’s Guide to the Win32 API?

    Since. this is a good book and I plan to buy one for myself.
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  2. Mar 11th, 2001, 12:22 PM #2
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    i have this book and it is very good and if you are looking to purchase a vb book i would recommend this one highly

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  3. Mar 11th, 2001, 12:25 PM #3
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    I have it because everyone says it is a "must-have" if you want to use API from VB.

    It's good in that it means you can consult it rather than asking questions on here, but some bits are a bit heavy (for example the bit on screen reso i just skipped as soon as I saw it ). There are pleanty of examples and a pretty good reference section. I think there is also an updated Win32api.txt on the CD (apparently there are many mistakes in the original one)

    If you haven't already, check out the Review
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    It is pretty pricey though (US $60, UK £46.74)
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  4. Mar 11th, 2001, 02:35 PM #4
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    You're right, there are a lot of mistakes in the supplied version

    As I found out to my cost on many occasions, before I started using the API from C++ and actually worked out *** was going on

    I don't usually use books because there are plenty of websites with information and examples.
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