>>(snip)
>>>>This is why I must interrupt your work and ask this question -- how do I find out about API's?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks, Tom Hayward
>>>
>>>Win32Api Help should be installed on your computer together with Visual Foxpro (at least I have it) in the same Win95(NT) Program Group: Start/Programs/Microsoft Visual Foxpro/32Api Help
>>
>>Thanks, Ed --
>> I immediately went to menu and looked for it, but it isn't there, so I ran over to the desk of the guy who installed VFP on my system, and he said he thought he had installed the complete system......
>> So, I guess a reinstall is in order.
>>Thanks again, I guess I should have asked earlier.
>>Tom Hayward
>
>tom that vfp help file is a blessing however i don't think it's included in vfp5.
>it definatly came with 3.0 and i don't know why they took it out.
>msdn has pretty good info if you know what you are looking for.
>i've got a win32 api bible at work (i don't know the publisher off hand ) that is ok but
>provides nowhere near the assistance of the above help file.
>heck at the rate of computer books, you could probably get vfp3 for the same price as a decent api book.
>
>does anyone know why they took this help file away or if its legally distributable?

Thanks, Gray, I'll look hard on MSDN. But, if you could eventually tell me the name of the API bible, and the publisher, I'd really appreciate it.

Tom Hayward