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Reference manual for API calls ??
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18/11/1998 21:27:47
 
 
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18/11/1998 20:16:44
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Visual FoxPro
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Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00159079
Message ID:
00159091
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>I would like to see a list of all of the API calls which I can make from VFP along with the required parameters. Examples are GlobalMemoryStatus() and GetFileTime(). In the help for "Declare-DLL Command", I find these references:
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>"as stated in the Win32 API manual"
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>and
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>"refer to the Microsoft Win32 Programmer's Guide."
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>I have looked on the MS web site for this manual and I have called MS including talking with MS Press. The referred me to the book archive folks. No one I have spoken with knows anything about this manual.
>

I have yet to see a guide specifically about using API calls within VFP; i rely heavily on the documentation on the Platform SDK in the MSDN Help (it comes with an MSDN subscription, as well as with Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise, and is available through MSDN On-line as well.

I also rely heavily on a couple of really good references targeted at C++ and VB programmers; the C/C++ book is Windows NT WIN32 API Superbible published by the Waite Group (ISBN 1-57169-089-1); another good source with a VB flavor is Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the Win32 API published by PC Magazine (ISBN 1-56276-287-7). If you aren't familiar with C, it's probably more accessible.

Your best source is an MSDN subscription. It's detailed and accurate, but doesn't approach things from a VFP point of view.
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