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>the question *IS* does a `.NET built app` DIRECTLY access WIN32 libraries?
>i do not believe it does... i believe it gets at WIN32 via COM1.5/COM+.
>Thus, in effect .NET is a system built on top of COM.
Nope. Under .NET, COM is dead.
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>So .NET managed code IS Win32 of the future....
>got it.
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>So I guess WIN32 stuff will work as DOS stuff works in windows applications....
That sums it up pretty well. Win32 will be in maintenance mode and considered "legacy".
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer