About WinAPI

[rea]

http://mingw.org/docs.shtml#win32api

The one about lcc is about 19 Mb...

By the way, if you download dev-cpp and you update for download you will get one help file about 24Mb...



It can be tacked from this place http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/devcpp/

is the Win32API.DevPak 

You will need a tool for extract it (dont know if check if is dev-cpp installed) called Package manager, altought, I see in the about there is no direct download but say some things about: http://www.destructor.de/ is the tar extraction code: stefan heymann, let see if I can extract it with a tar?? compressor???

mmm, yes, I can use a tar tool, by the way, when I extract it, I get a file called [content] without a extension, then you can find the Win32 file in the path from there [content]\Test\Win32API\Docs\Win32API\

And you can extract it, you get a Win32 api file about 24 Mb :) (dont know if is more updated than the others and if we should talk for permission for copy it?), also I will post this to win32asm community ;).

[pbrennick]

Hi All,
You can get the 24mb win32 help file from http://www.pbrennick.com/AssemblyStuff/win32_hlp.zip

Paul

[Statix Star]

Should this be sticky? Also, Hutch if you have time to update your site with this stuff. I don't about the Host of Randall which had change the name from the original, which; a library for win32 it's included. Could you Randall make it separate for download and include
the original name?

[donkey]

Should this be sticky? Also, Hutch if you have time to update your site with this stuff. I don't about the Host of Randall which had change the name from the original, which; a library for win32 it's included. Could you Randall make it separate for download and include
the original name?

I have added the relative link to the existing sticky for the Win32 API.

[rea]

I have puted this topic because in the topic about the WinAPI donkey say that he dont know where to get the 19Mb file, but because I cant reply to his post, then I put this one, also I where checking the size of the dev-cpp file and I see that was about 24 Mb (havent taked care of that ;)).






Also I have a extra question (related to help files .hlp), I remember one time a go, I where defining marks or bookmarks for signal the start of a section, I have passed a lot of time defining the marks...

mmm, short description, how I can save bookmarks or mark of a certain .hlp file? (if you whant to read all the superflous description continue reading ;))

For example I define marks for the start of a section and the reference to that section, for example I mark the start of Windows and then Windows Reference  and in that way for each section... in that way I can directly start reading a section and get directly to the functions, structures.

But for my surprise the marks are not saved in the .hlp file, I havent watched that, then I save the suposed Win32.hlp with the bookmarks that I have defined, in a deletion of the file that I where using I see that when I restore it, I where not able to get my bookmarks back... and I say: aaaahhhh!!!! all  my work is losed. By the way, I have never for other time tried to setup book marks, because I delete and remove things time to time and I know that my work will be lost, I will not do a thing for second time where there is no the necesity... The question is sayed some pharagraphs above, but there is a way  can save the bookmarks for Win32.hlp?

[rea]

In that way, for example some one, can define the book marks (I will not doit again ;) or pheraphs...) for the start of section and for the reference of such sections, I remember more than 20 sections dont remember...

In that way if is posible save them for example to a html file and the html file in the same folder o the win32 api, also the html can be disributed with a link to where to download the hlp file to this bookmarks in the top of the file :)....


For example, the way that I use the hlp file is search a function, read and use the function, but if I whant with the bookmarks I can get to the start of the section and read all of it, because I guess we only we use it fore reference and normally dont read the sections???

At less for me is of some help have bookmarks for each section (start and the reference at the end).

[donkey]

I believe that bookmarks are saved in the accompanying GID file, if there is none it is created the first time you open the file when you are prompted to build the database.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b129326

[Statix Star]

I remember that Japeth, Raymond, rea, Jurgen, Jibz, were moderators too.   

[rea]

no no I am formely hgb, but I have changed my name, also because here we need to re-register I have changed my nick name without ask to admins.

Donkey, if I only I add bookmarks, I dont know where they are saved :S. I have watched a .gid file there, but I have deleted with shift ;), now I dont see that there is created a .gid file, but the bookmark are still there... By the way, I can observe extrange results.. for example, in a new install save some bookmarks, then use ctrl+D for the index select a topic and return to the menu bookmarks, they are gone, now save the location. Now close and reopen the hlp file you get the original ones, but if you redo the anterior steps you will get the others bookmarks. Interesting not??? :)



[edit] I see... that behaviour, is because I have 2 Win32 help files.. aparently there is a confusion there (when I use the index, it open the other file??)... it jump from one file to the other file... (and the caption text is changed....), altought that is still interesting (hehe, my computer is making me a joke.. day of inocents???)...

Also I supose that the bookmarks are saved some where in the registry?? pheraphs??

[dev_zero]

You can download the Windows API help file with the winsock API included at Iczelion's site.. http://spiff.tripnet.se/~iczelion/files/win32api.zip

[rea]

Altough havent finded hwre the book marks are saved, I guess something like the WIN32.CNT included in the last one is one like I whant.


By the way,there is another page that have a list of help files of your knowledge?

[rea]

mm, checking the sizes of the win32api.hlp they are exactly of the same size, the extra is:
WIN32.CNT 104Kb
win32.FTS 3,891Kb
win32.GID 465Kb
WIN32.KWF

For obtain the index equally than this you can delete the win32.FTS for get the contents is necesary that you have win32.cnt and win32.gid


Thx...

[hutch--]

I already have the link at http://masmforum.com/website/reference.htm .

The link to the forum website is at the top right of the forum front page.

[Statix Star]

That's the one with 8Mb, I meant the one with 24mb which pbrennick put it on. The PlatformSDK it's a different package.

[Statix Star]

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