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    mustang benny bennyandthejets's Avatar
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    more advanced API tutorial

    i just finished theForger's API tutorial, which although it was very good, i still dont know enough API for my purposes. could anyone direct me to another API tutuorial?
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    Which API are you talking about?

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    &TH of undefined behavior Fordy's Avatar
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    Which API???

    WinAPI??

    If so, then get a good book like Petzold and download the Platform SDK......they will teach you more than any tutorial can

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    haha - beat ya!

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    sorry i always forget to say. im doing Win32 API. id rather not get a book because they're so expensive, is there anything on the net?
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    If you dont want o but a book, then the Platform SDK is still worth getting....it has documentation of all wth WinAPI functions and a few examples too...

    But if you want a really good book that will pay for itself in what you learn from it....Petzold is a wise purchase.....

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    yeah, honestly if you've gotten through Petzold and understand it fully you can use the Platform SDK documentation in MSDN for just about anything.
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    Originally posted by Fordy
    ....Petzold is a wise purchase.....
    If you hunt around a bit you can find this in .chm format, hence free
    Couldn't think of anything interesting, cool or funny - sorry.

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    Originally posted by endo
    If you hunt around a bit you can find this in .chm format, hence free
    Yeah ok....but of your like me, you wont enjoy reading books from the screen....Matter of personal choice I suppose.....

    But of all the books on my shelf, that is one that I can say I am very glad I bought

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    so is this Platform SDK a set of functions and classes that use the Win32 API or something like that? and where can i get it?

    also, even though i dont agree with cheating authors out of their money, could someone direct me to the online version of Petzold, so that i can have a preview to see if i should buy it?
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    The platform SDK is located at MSDN. www.msdn.microsoft.com

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