>>>(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

its Win32 Programming API Bible Book1 - Waite Group Press - Richard Simon.
Its got all the general api functions that i've tied to use but no mention of any api Ras functions - probably because it's Book1