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jules

Does anyone have a copy of a Windows help file that someone produced several years ago for VDS? I seem to remember it was called the "API reference". It is not what you probably think it is from that description. It contained a list of Windows messages and their hex values, and examples where they can be used in the @SENDMSG() function of VDS. It was a lot easier to use than looking up the message name in the Microsoft API Help and then searching the Delphi source files to find the numeric value, but I seem to have lost the copy I had and I can't find it here either.

LiquidCode · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 3:41 pm Post subject:

Is this what you are looking for?

http://www.vdsworld.com/index.php?page=download&fileid=3

Here is the description

http://www.vdsworld.com/index.php?page=search&keywords=API%20@sendmsg&extend=1

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1565

I produced that awhile back, it was the API Handbook, Commercial Research/SADE had it available awhile back but they seem to have removed it? I'll try to place it back up here at vdsworld shortly in .chm format.

CodeScript · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 4:28 pm Post subject:

jules · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 6:03 pm Post subject:

LOBO · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 6:05 pm Post subject:

I checked and if you need it I do have the .hlp file and can email it to you if needed.

- Mark

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1565

Here is the updated API Reference:

CLICK TO DOWNLOAD

It's now in chm help format.

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

Nice job Prakash! Thumbs Up

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1565

Version 1.1 now available, fixed the WM_ENDSESSION topic which listed the wrong api (thanks FreezingFire for notifying me).

Also added a ton of api's in a seperate api.txt file that haven't been converted to vds standard, included the Message ID values which should allow others to help convert some of these api's over.

Serge · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 8:39 am Post subject:

thanks prakash...your api handbook has been invaluable to me...a fantastic resource

serge

jules · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 10:08 am Post subject:

Yes, many thanks for making it available again.

jules · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 10:12 am Post subject:

... and I guess you all know to make a shortcut from API.chm in the VDS 5 program folder, so you can access it from the Help menu.

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1565

No prob, hopefully you guys can take a look at the included api.txt file and get some of those other api's to work with VDS. I included all message id's for those api's, you will also need the win32.hlp file to get more information about those api's and the wparam and lparam needed values.

CodeScript · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 6:08 pm Post subject:

I am converting more than 50,000 constants to VDS syntax possibly with syntax highlighting in a help file mainly for use in @LIB() function. This can be useful as there is no easy reference W32.hlp has no constants.

Inspite of my best care a few errors have creeped in. All most all of them are of the nature like a missing ending or starting bracket etc.
Most of them are in rarely used constants though.
e.g. EC_SNDDEV_OUT_ERROR As Int: = @SUM(EC_SND_DEVICE_ERROR_BASE , $1
where end bracket is missing. And some have "@SUM" missing.

Any one interested in helping in manual editing ?

Regards

Skit3000 · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 6:11 pm Post subject:

How did you find all those constants? If it is in a .txt file, you could import it into a list and convert the commands used (VB commands for example) into VDS commands... Smile