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API Programming Series #2

By Sreejath S. Warrier, published on 15 Nov 2002
Sreejath S. Warrier
Page 4 of 8
  1. Foreword
  2. Declaring API functions
  3. Problems when using API Text Viewer
  4. Here it comes...
  5. The Code
  6. Aliasing
  7. Arguments
  8. ByVal and ByRef

Here it comes...

OK, so I've been promising you a taste of real programming, and feeding you this drab theory? Fear not, coding is about to begin :-) Now we'll see a simple declaration and invocation example.

For this purpose let us build an application that finds out your computer name, i.e. the name you have given your computer. First, a word about the subsequent sections of this article. Many people advocate explaining each and everything to the reader before making him do it. But I've found it a cumbersome process.

So here, I will first tell you what to do, expecting you to obey me blindly, then I'll explain what we did. Don't worry, it is simple... Honest!

Ready? OK, API gods, here we come ready or not!

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Comments

  1. Christoph von Wittich
    29 May 2003 at 17:00

    The current release of the ApiViewer can now be found here:
    http://www.activevb.de/rubriken/apiviewer/index-apiviewereng.html


    or (German):
    http://www.ApiViewer.de

  2. charcoal
    17 Dec 2002 at 12:44

    Nice job!! I really like the resource links and continued learning suggestions. I can't wait til my site is ready, so I can give back to the community. Stay Tuned!!
    charcoal

  3. fanen
    20 Nov 2002 at 02:25

    i'm faithfully following his series.

  4. James Crowley
    19 Nov 2002 at 11:46

    he's already posted part 4... i've just gotta get around to publishing 'em

  5. fanen
    19 Nov 2002 at 07:10

    i thought he was never gonna come back

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