>>I want to use some Windows API functions in VFP. If the function return type is a Handle, should I declare it as an INTEGER function type? Furthermore, if the API function's parameter is a structure, e.g. LPWIN32_FIND_DATA in FindFirstFile,how do I declare it in VFP?
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>>Thanks in advance.
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>Yes, you would declare handles as integers. They are simply numbers.
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>WinAPI Structures are contiguous memory blocks. The only thing in VFP that equates are strings so you have to translate the structure in a string consisting of all the elements of the structure.
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>Here is a VFP example using this function and structure. http://www.news2news.com/vfp/?example=236&function=378
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>HTH.

It is very helpful. Thanks.

WL