I have a question to ask regarding WIN32:

Q. I know that WIN32 is compatiable with WINDOWS 9x/NT etc.
how about WIN2000, XP or ME?

savagerx it depends yes, WIN32 API is used to describe and name the programming interfaces used by developers to access the intricacies and nuances of the Windows Platform. However, there are some functions within Win32 that will only run on the Win 2K and XP environemnt, and some with the new release of the Platform SDK that will only work in the XP environment.

Most of the different functions relate to Unicode, Security, and, in the case of XP, user interface calls. Someone correct me if I''m wrong though didn''t MS eventually put a UNICODE translator in the later versions of the Win9X platform, that supports translation of UNICODE strings to ANSI compatible strings? I know the August release of the Platform SDK comes with UCONVERT to convert files from UNICODE to ANSI.

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I learned windows programming from "The WIN32 API Bible" back when it only talked about Windows 95. I''m sure they have a new version, but I still use mine on Win2k and everything works fine.
I reccomend getting that book, not the best to learn windows programming with, but will give a wealth of info if you ever need to use certain aspects of the win32 api that are not all that well documented.

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