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  1. Jul 1st, 2001, 09:27 PM #1
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    Question Ultimate API book?

    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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  2. Jul 1st, 2001, 10:07 PM #2
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    The ultimate API book?
    Dan Appleman's Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the Win32 API

    1500+ pages of api info!
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  3. Jul 2nd, 2001, 03:51 AM #3
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    check out www.vbapi.com
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    Also try www.allapi.net, but the Appleman book is good.
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    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.

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    The absolytely best giude to win32 API is the MSDN. The problem is that it is C++ oriented.
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  8. Jul 2nd, 2001, 10:49 AM #7
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    C++ is not too hard to convert. See VB Thunder's article on reading C++ code.
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  9. Jul 2nd, 2001, 12:39 PM #8
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    Anybody see read the O'Reilly VB/API book? I wonder how it compares to the Appleman one.
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    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.
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  12. Jul 2nd, 2001, 02:32 PM #10
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    Books are a better source for learning about the topic, whereas MSDN is more of a reference.
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  13. Jul 2nd, 2001, 04:13 PM #11
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    Originally posted by JoshT
    Anybody see read the O'Reilly VB/API book? I wonder how it compares to the Appleman one.
    I actually own that book.

    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...
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