Re: Help for Windows functions

[Soren Andersen <soren at spmfoiler dot removethat dot wonderstorm dot com>]

Mumit Khan <khan@xraylith.wisc.edu> wrote in <81f3f0$jv6$1@news.doit.wisc.edu>:

>In article <81e7o7$1o0e3$1@fu-berlin.de>,
>Amedeo Storni <astorni@softhome.net> wrote:
>>
>>There are some things I would like to do with a Win32 application:
>
>Amedeo,
>
>Time to move move to a windows32 specific forum instead of gnu.gcc.help.
>
>>- Run a program: I can use system(), but I don't want the console window to
>>appear
>
>Possibly need to use ShellExecute, CreateProcess, and so on. 
>
>>- Open a sort of MessageBox with no buttons, that doesn't block my
>>application but only shows "Doing this....."; of course I would like to be
>>able to change the text and close it
>>
>>I understand that I can't go on like that :), so if anyone can suggest where
>>I can find a comprehensive on-line help for Windows function, even better a
>>downloadable version....
>
>And this is where you need to get a book on windows32 API. There are on
>line versions available, and depending on the version/vendor, it can vary
>from a few to 13MB! See:
>
>   http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Station/1177/addons.html
>   http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/

   And, Amedeo, the Win32 API doc linke dto at the lcc URL above is an amazing 
resource to have. If you balked at the mention of the huge download, don't: go 
get it.

   soren andersen

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