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  1. Oct 17th, 2001, 10:35 AM #1
    lateralus08
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    api???

    what exactly is api, and what is it used for.
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  2. Oct 17th, 2001, 10:48 AM #2
    jim mcnamara
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    api is a lot of low-level calls to the Windows operating system. Does things you cannot do in VB.

    There are several hundred commonly used api's.

    If you want to learn about it -

    Dan Appleman's

    Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the Win32 API is the most comprehensive book available for VB programmers.
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  3. Oct 17th, 2001, 03:30 PM #3
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    API allows for a wide range of flexibility in your App. For example, one you get into subclassing, you can intercept messages so that the context menu of a textbox is not shown, or you can add support to the mouse wheel by catching the WM_MOUSEWHEEL event.
    Subclassing is just one section of API. There are a lot more out there. For more information I suggest you look at Karl Moore's API tutorials on this site.
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  4. Oct 17th, 2001, 04:26 PM #4
    lateralus08
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    thanks man.....i am finally getting into advanced vb programming and i want to soak in as much as possible.
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