Essential Windows Apis for Visual Developers

by Joseph D. Booth

For visual Windows programmers straining to unleash the incredible hidden power of the Windows API (that vast collection of functions that perform every task within a Windows application) without being overwhelmed, here is the essential guide. It addresses only the most common and useful API's in the three most popular visual language environments-Visual Basic, Delphi, and PowerBuilder-as well as the Internet (Java). Using a task approach with real-world examples for each language, the author shows readers how communicate with the API-decipher the ways that Windows "talks to itself" -explore key API functionalities-access debugging, mail, Internet, and other on-demand functions-find additional resources, online and elsewhere-and much more.

512 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998