Tom,
the DECLARE command is used to tell VFP how to talk to the Windows API directly. To windows API calls you need to provide VFP with a specific set of information about that Windows API call. You need to provide:
The name of the API call
The parameters of the API Call (If any)
The return Value of the API Call
Where the API call is Located. This is usually a DLL file. You can also specify WINAPI as a parameter and it will look in the the BASE dlls of Windows USER, SYSTEM and GDI I believe.

This is just a preview of this. You might want to look at our book Visual FoxPro Enterprise development for more help on API calls.


Thanks, Rod