handy dandy function list

[DC]

many times I can't get something to work till Tedd or zooba show me a routine, usually there is one function in there that makes all the difference like 'ScreenToClient' or 'PathAddBackslash' ... finding something like this is hard at best when you don't know what to look for... probably widely known functions that come in handy on many occasions. is there a list of these gems anywhere?
thanx,
DC

[hutch--]

It comes from climbing over the Windows API help files for long enough and after a while, you start to remember enough functions. What pisses me off is when I know there is an API to do the job but forget its name.  :P

[DC]

I get that problem when speaking to an audience, usually the word I can't think of is something like "does" - at least it feels like it.

[zooba]

That's what FTS is for, hutch :wink :thumbu

It's embarrassing to admit, but occasionally I treat the MSDN library as 'light-reading' (perhaps heavy-reading?) rather then just a reference. I was pretty surprised when I found the PathAddBackslash function, it was in the 'Shell Light-weight API' library (ie. helper functions for MS) which doesn't have many links to it.

The other aspect is that different people remember different things. This is why a collective knowledge bank like here is so great. Chances are if you don't remember it, somebody else will (and if nobody else knows it, a few will know how to look it up :U)

[Tedd]

Hunting around the 'main' .inc files (kernel, user, gdi, shell, etc) is useful - though makes for pretty dry browsing.
But if you text search for something along the lines of what you're looking for, then you might find something useful.
And of course, you can waste 4 hours trying to search msdn :toothy