Visual Basic / VBA API Specifications 1

[Axoliien]

I have been using java for a long time and have always found their API Specifications to be great. An example is here:

Java API Specifications

I have been trying to find the same type of reference for VB 6, VB.NET and VBA and have had absolutely no luck. The visual basic help is rather poor for trying to learn things efficiently, and the MSDN library isn't helping much either. Any suggestions from those who regularly look up specifications?

 

[CajunCenturion]

None of the languages that you listed have an API specification per se, at least along the lines of the Java API.

VB6 is built on top of the VBA engine, so it is the same as VBA. I don't know if there is a .NET API spec, but I don't think so. They all rely on the Win32 API specifications. There are numerous references to the Win32 API. A google search on Win32 API will provide many resources. Two that I use with some degree of regularity are the following:

Windows 32 API
AllAPI which also has an API Viewer available for download.

I've found Tek-Tips to also be a fairly reasonable source of info as well.

Good Luck
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[Axoliien]

Thanks for your response, I'll check those out later today.

 

[PHV]

VBA stand for Visual Basic for Application, so the API equivalent thing is the Object Model of the related application.

Hope This Help, PH.
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[Dimandja]

VB et al can use Windows API. Java is not supposed to be platform specific, so it comes with its own APIs.