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Walter:
Just do a search using windows explorer. In my computer it was in the
folder \program files\Microsoft\ etc Its about 340 pages long. There are
some recent corrections posted at the Microsoft site.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
Lionel
----- Original Message -----
From: Walter Lake <wlake@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Metastock bulletin board <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 8:34 AM
Subject: Windows API
> Thanks for your email. Sorry but I don't know how to do that.
>
> There is a whole section of advanced Excel VBA programming using Windows
API
> (Application Programming Interface) that is covered in the WROX
programmers
> reference book. Usually, that kind of access to the Windows platform and
> ".dll's" is used by C and C+ programmers.
>
> Where Windows API programming is of interest is when you want to take
over
> the entire Excel interface and create your own icon's etc.
>
> As I mentioned earlier, you can make Excel look less and less like Excel
and
> more like your own program using VBA and VBA access to Windows API.
>
> Using Windows API, as far as I know, is not only complicated but "risky"
> because of the lack of error messages and difficulty figuring out what
went
> wrong when things don't work correctly.
>
> Personally, I'm going to leave all of that to the C and C+ programmers.
> "Plain" VBA is complicated enough for an untrained and "clueless"
programmer
> such as myself.
>
> Maybe Guy or Ton can post some general info about Windows API and the
MSDN
> library files.
>
> There's suppose to be a "win32api.txt" file that has all of the
declarations
> for the core windows functions written in VBA notation. I don't know
where
> it is or how to find it. Maybe Guy uses it in his programming.
>
> Best regards
>
> Walter
>
>
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