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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

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

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

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)