API Calls?

[raskew]

As a rule of thumb, I don't subscribe to 'shot-gunning' the same question to multiple forums. In this case, however, I'll risk breaking my own rule and will take the heat.

As a MS Access application developer, I've benefited greatly from API calls and subsequent code posted in various forums. Question is: What is the master source that delineates these API calls and how they are used? Web site, book(s), whatever.

I'd love to be able to use all of the available API calls, but don't know where to look to educate myself. In other words, how did that individual know that you could use:

'API calls for event timer
Private Declare Function a2Ku_apigettime Lib "winmm.dll" _
Alias "timeGetTime" () As Long
Dim lngstartingtime As Long

...and come up with a Timer event?

Any pointers greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Bob

 

[930driver]

I like Dan Appleman's Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the Win32 API

"The Key, The Whole Key, and Nothing But The Key, So Help Me Codd!"

 

[hennep]

my favourite api resource:

http://www.allapi.net

their examples are great

they don't describe every api, but there is also micro$oft

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/multimed/mmfunc_2q3p.asp

 

[scking]

Many apps come with the Apiload.exe program that allows you to load a text file or access database. When loaded you can search, copy, paste and declarations or constants. It is extremely simple to build your declarations using this tool.

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