Dan Appleman's Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the Win32 API (Other Sams) (Paperback)

by Dan Appleman (Author)

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Quickly harness the full power of the Windows(R) 32-bit operating system using Visual Basic. This best-selling guide covers every key element of the core Win32 API--from Windows management and drawing operations to advanced process control and interprocess communication techniques. Dan Applemen shows you how to translate C and C++ based Win32 documentation to Visual Basic, how to port 16-bit applications to 32-bits, and how to design applications to run on different versions of Windows.

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Quickly harness the full power of the Windows(R) 32-bit operating system using Visual Basic. This best-selling guide covers every key element of the core Win32 API--from Windows management and drawing operations to advanced process control and interprocess communication techniques. Dan Applemen shows you how to translate C and C++ based Win32 documentation to Visual Basic, how to port 16-bit applications to 32-bits, and how to design applications to run on different versions of Windows.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1550 pages
• Publisher: Sams (February 12, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672315904
• ISBN-13: 978-0672315909
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #316,342 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not For The Faint-Hearted, September 9, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Manila, Philippines) - See all my reviews

This book is definitely for Advanced VB developers. Accessing the API is something that you do not do all the time as a VB developer. It will tell you though almost everything you need to know how to access the Windows API from VB, IF you have the heart for it.

If you don't have it, probably Appleman's other book, "Developing COM/ActiveX Components from Visual Basic 6" is for you. Not only is it easier to understand and truly worthwhile, but you'll be easily proficient in designing classes, objects, DLLs, Exes, Controls, etc., extremely useful concepts I never thought I'll understand before I started reading it. Now, those, I can say, can even be for the faint-hearted.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a dictionary... not a tutorial., December 29, 1999

By	"dna-groove" (Israel) - See all my reviews

This is a mandatory book for every serious VB developer. It indeed holds hunderds of API functions but that doesn't mean you'll have to read all of them to understand the concept. Ever since I bought this book (that was the former edition, for VB5) I used it primerily as a refference, rather than a tutorial. Everytime I came accross the need for an API function, I opened the book at the respective chapter, searching for the right function. Just like a dictionary. You don't to read all of those frightening 1500+ pages... just look for the function you need/want... and yo're all set.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Book For All Visual Basic Programmers, March 14, 2000

By	Richard Callaby (Bradenton, Florida) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is *the* book for all Visual Basic programmers. Essentially it is a refrence and partial tutorial on the WIN32 API or Applications Programmers Interface, the bones of the Windows OS. This book is essential to every Visual Basic programmer in that it teaches about the API and its interfaces and shows you how to use them to your advantage. This book does what it says and does it well. It can be used with most modern versions of Visual Basic but is updated for the VB6 version of Visual Basic. It is well laid out and the examples are fairly easy to follow. Great book and should be made a mandatory purchase for every Visual Basic programemr.