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&, 347 |
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* (asterisk), 347 |
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1-byte vs. 4-byte packing, 82, 207, 215, 260261 |
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16-bit systems, 35 |
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32-bit address space, 292 |
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A (suffix), 10, 172, 199 |
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Active Server Pages, 396397 |
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utility, 415424 |
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ActiveX, 113, 115 |
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ActiveX Automation, 357 |
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ActiveX components, 22, 189 |
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ActiveX controls, 124, 127 |
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ActiveX servers, 113, 118 |
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AddItem, 202 |
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AddressOf, 90, 349 |
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advapi32.dll, 283, 378, 406 |
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agGetAddressForObject, 183n, 203 |
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agGetStringFrom2NullBuffer, 178 |
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agGetStringFromPointer, 226 |
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aliases, 9, 16, 167, 182, 279280, 281, 333 |
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and entry points, 195 |
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multiple, 190 |
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statements, 340 |
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alignment rules, 367369 |
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AND, 231, 299, 304306 |
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animating rectangles, 144146, 272 |
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ANSI, 16n |
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ANSI entry points, 10, 16, 43 |
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ANSI strings, 63, 209, 245, 365 |
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BSTR, 260, 341 |
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C language, 347 |
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NULL characters in, 339 |
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NULL-terminated, 224 |
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temporary, 244245, 342 |
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API calls, 1517, 149150 |
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API functions |
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vs. COM object methods and properties, 113 |
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CoTaskMemFree, 249250 |
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error descriptions for, 106 |
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errors in results returned by, 239, 297 |
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finding in DLLs, 377394 |
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FormatMessage, 153 |
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GetClientRect, 157, 362 |
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GetModuleFileName, 162, 163 |
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GetResourceFunction, 99 |
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GetVersionEx, 3437 |
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graphic, 28 |
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lstrlen, 177, 178, 431 |
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multiple across a subsystem, 395 |
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names of, 10, 149 |
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NetUserAdd, 106 |
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network-independent, 94 |
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passing SHFILEOPSTRUCT to, 260 |
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passing string parameters to, 244245 |
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passing strings to, 340 |
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passing Unicode strings to, 240241 |
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problem solving with, 219220 |
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RasDial, 87 |
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RasEnumEntries, 79 |
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RegQuerylnfoKey, 182 |
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RestoreDC, 156 |
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RtlMoveMemory, 294 |
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that return structures, 255 |
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with string parameters, 158 |
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that take string parameters, 16n |
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that use callbacks, 220 |
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use of NULL-terminated strings, 340 |
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using, to obtain device context, 156 |
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See also functions; Win32 API functions |
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API programming, ten commandments for, 810 |
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api32.txt, 50, 76, 106, 151, 203, 240, 282, 333, 426, 427 |
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apigid32.dll, 183n |
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apigid32.dll, 178, 226, 355 |
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Appleman, Dan |
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"Are you learning Visual Basic backwards?" (essay), 13 |
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Developing COM/ActiveX Components with Visual Basic 6.0, 88n, 114, 184 |
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Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the Win32 API, 70, 75, 88n, 110, 125n, 235, 273, 285, 305, 425 |
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Web site address, 13, 273 |
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See also CD-ROM |
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application stack, 318 |
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applications |
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controlling one with another, 16 |
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creating portable, 353n |
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IconView, 26 |
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obtaining environmental variables for, 4751, 175178 |
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software component use by, 21 |
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space in memory for, 293 |
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Arccos, 31 |
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"Are you learning Visual Basic backwards?" (Appleman), 13 |
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