Ques: about VB Programmer's Guide to the Win32 API book

[Jim Jones]

I bought the version 4.0 book several years ago and since that time it has
been gathering dust on my book shelf. I recently took it off the shelf and
started to re-read several of the chapters. Besides the fact that VB is able
to create normal Windows executeables (book only mentions p-code)the information
that I have read so far stil seems to be relevant (I'm only in chapter 3
page 64).

Can anyone give me some valid reasons why I might want to purchase a more
up-to-date Win32 API book? Did Dan Appleman add a lot of new material to
his version 6.0 book?

Btw, I think that I have an HTML version of the version 5.0 book somewhere.
Also, I don't plan on trying to learn about the .NET framework for at least
another year.

Any comments and/or suggestions would be appreciated.

[Larry Rebich]

Jim,

I think that Dan has a more recent version - but...

I have found the AllAPI.net downloadable material to be much more useful.
All the APIs are shown, with descriptions and examples.

Link to:

http://www.allapi.net/

then look for the downloadable guide.

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Larry Rebich

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"Jim Jones" <jjones@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3b2c217c$1@news.devx.com...
>
> I bought the version 4.0 book several years ago and since that time it has
> been gathering dust on my book shelf. I recently took it off the shelf and
> started to re-read several of the chapters. Besides the fact that VB is
able
> to create normal Windows executeables (book only mentions p-code)the
information
> that I have read so far stil seems to be relevant (I'm only in chapter 3
> page 64).
>
> Can anyone give me some valid reasons why I might want to purchase a more
> up-to-date Win32 API book? Did Dan Appleman add a lot of new material to
> his version 6.0 book?
>
> Btw, I think that I have an HTML version of the version 5.0 book
somewhere.
> Also, I don't plan on trying to learn about the .NET framework for at
least
> another year.
>
> Any comments and/or suggestions would be appreciated.

[Larry Rebich]

Jim,

I think that Dan has a more recent version - but...

I have found the AllAPI.net downloadable material to be much more useful.
All the APIs are shown, with descriptions and examples.

Link to:

http://www.allapi.net/

then look for the downloadable guide.

--
Cheers,
Larry Rebich

More tips link to:
http://www.buygold.net/tips

Please:
No personal e-mail questions :-)


"Jim Jones" <jjones@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3b2c217c$1@news.devx.com...
>
> I bought the version 4.0 book several years ago and since that time it has
> been gathering dust on my book shelf. I recently took it off the shelf and
> started to re-read several of the chapters. Besides the fact that VB is
able
> to create normal Windows executeables (book only mentions p-code)the
information
> that I have read so far stil seems to be relevant (I'm only in chapter 3
> page 64).
>
> Can anyone give me some valid reasons why I might want to purchase a more
> up-to-date Win32 API book? Did Dan Appleman add a lot of new material to
> his version 6.0 book?
>
> Btw, I think that I have an HTML version of the version 5.0 book
somewhere.
> Also, I don't plan on trying to learn about the .NET framework for at
least
> another year.
>
> Any comments and/or suggestions would be appreciated.

[Matthew Solnit]

"Jim Jones" <jjones@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3b2c217c$1@news.devx.com...
> I bought the version 4.0 book several years ago and since that time it has
> been gathering dust on my book shelf. I recently took it off the shelf and
> started to re-read several of the chapters. Besides the fact that VB is able
> to create normal Windows executeables (book only mentions p-code)the
information
> that I have read so far stil seems to be relevant (I'm only in chapter 3
> page 64).

The native code compiler doesn't really affect API programming, but the big
thing in VB 5.0 was the AddressOf operator, which allows you to use callback
API's without any third-party libraries.

Because the books are so similar, Desaware was offering a CD-ROM-only upgrade
for much less than the actual book. It's been a while, but you could call them
and see if it's still valid. I bet they would be happy to help you out.

-- Matthew Solnit

[Matthew Solnit]

"Jim Jones" <jjones@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3b2c217c$1@news.devx.com...
> I bought the version 4.0 book several years ago and since that time it has
> been gathering dust on my book shelf. I recently took it off the shelf and
> started to re-read several of the chapters. Besides the fact that VB is able
> to create normal Windows executeables (book only mentions p-code)the
information
> that I have read so far stil seems to be relevant (I'm only in chapter 3
> page 64).

The native code compiler doesn't really affect API programming, but the big
thing in VB 5.0 was the AddressOf operator, which allows you to use callback
API's without any third-party libraries.

Because the books are so similar, Desaware was offering a CD-ROM-only upgrade
for much less than the actual book. It's been a while, but you could call them
and see if it's still valid. I bet they would be happy to help you out.

-- Matthew Solnit