PB-Help-Links to WIN32.HLP

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Mon Nov 11, 2002 12:44 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Froggerprogger.

The PB-Help-File could offer links to relatet topics in WIN32.HLP or could mention all their parameters and results.
f.e. the WindowCallback() can return #WM_RBUTTONDOWN or that you can add #MB_ICONEXCLAMATION to a MessageRequester(), and a list of it's results.
Ok - also for Linux and Amiga. This would be cool, because I think PB-programming means API-programming, so why not extend the PB-features enormous just by adding some more words to the Help-File ?

(I hope my English is transparent for you - please correct me, if not...

)

Purebasic - what a nice name for a girl-friend

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Mon Nov 11, 2002 1:01 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by fweil.

Froggerprogger,

By the way if you have a WIN32.hlp file installed properly, when selecting a function_() string should open the Win32.hlp file at the right page. It actually works from PureBasic's editor.

KRgrds

Francois Weil
14, rue Douer
F64100 Bayonne

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Mon Nov 11, 2002 1:40 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Froggerprogger.

Yes, that's right, but you have to know, what you are looking for. Before starting programming in PureBasic I have never heard of any API-command, and now I use them as any other. But to help start searching in the 1000000 API-commands it would be very useful, to give hints in the PB-Help-File. (WindowEvent()-Results??)

There are some API-commands, which you should just heard of, such as:
SetWindowPos_()
CreateWindowEx_()
GetSystemMetrics_()
SendMessage_()
GetTickCounts_()
CombineRegion_()
..
to start selfmade-learning more efficently.

Purebasic - what a nice name for a girl-friend

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Mon Nov 11, 2002 2:26 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Danilo.

The PB-reference covers PureBasic-stuff only.

API is just too big to include any stuff about it
in the PureBasic-reference.

But you will learn it yourself... it just takes some time.
If you are really interested, you can be an API-Guru in few month.

btw: best thing is you get the MS Platform SDK.
It has a nice search feature and it is like MSDN, but free.
(I use MSDN all the time while coding, get cheap used version at ebay (~$30 instead $199))

cya,
...Danilo

(registered PureBasic user)