Re: With API function, VB freezes up

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From: Tom_OM (dontspamme_at_junkmailstinks.com)
Date: 12/16/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 22:34:24 -0700

Thanks for your very thorough answer to my questions. It's
appreciated. This gives me a head start on my goal of learning more
about the API. Up to now I've only been able to use the API if I find
a tutorial on a function that spells out every step (like as the ones
on your site). I haven't been able to just look up an API function
and figure out for myself how to use it.

I've recently purchased a couple of tutorial books on the API (one by
Steven Roman and the other by Jason Bock) that should help me on my
quest for a better understanding of that topic. I have the Dan
Appleman book that I thought was a bargain, but it turned out to be a
really out-of-date one, the one on VB 4.0, loaded with info I won't
use like Win 16 API functions. I should probably replace that thing
with the VB 6 edition.

Oh, yes, and that shutting off that Auto Syntax Check is a gem! That
feature has annoyed me for a long time. I didn't know you could shut
it off. I've done the "require variable declaration" thing since I
first started with VB, and thank goodness I did. Recently went
through a VB project to make sure every variable had a unique name.
For instance, I didn't want to have a local variable named
"blnTextChanged" and a form-level and/or global with the same name.
Since I knew every variable was declared, all I had to do was do a
search for "Dim blnTextChanged, " "Private blnTextChanged," and
"Public blnTextChanged" to find out what I needed to know.

Thanx again.

cheers,
Tom

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:09:54 -0500, "Randy Birch"
<rgb_removethis@mvps.org> wrote:

>That last paragraph needs a bit more info ... Because you've injected your
>windowproc to receive the messages, something has to be done with them.

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Try RealBASIC.

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