Hi, I just browsed through the include files to see if these all were created from scratch. The normal includes are really compact. Than I saw that all the Win32 stuff are the includes provided by Microsoft. The years indicated are around 1996, are these still the most actual ones or did Micorsoft update them?

How is further support for these headers realized? IMO the headers are copyrighted, right? So Walter always needs to get a license for these files?

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You're correct, Digital Mars does need a license to redistribute those files with the Microsoft copyright in them. Microsoft was kind enough to grant Digital Mars the necessary license.

"Robert M. Münch" <robert.muench@robertmuench.de> wrote in message news:a0nok1$ke4$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Hi, I just browsed through the include files to see if these all were created from scratch. The normal includes are really compact. Than I saw that all the Win32 stuff are the includes provided by Microsoft. The years indicated are around 1996, are these still the most actual ones or did Micorsoft update them?
>
> How is further support for these headers realized? IMO the headers are copyrighted, right? So Walter always needs to get a license for these
files?
>
> --
> Robert M. Münch
> IT & Management Freelancer
> Mobile: +49 (0)177 2452 802
> Fax   : +49 (0)721 8408 9112
> Web   : http://www.robertmuench.de
>
>
>

"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:a0p83u$1h3i$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> You're correct, Digital Mars does need a license to redistribute those
files
> with the Microsoft copyright in them. Microsoft was kind enough to grant Digital Mars the necessary license.

Hi, I hope they don't charge you anything for it (or if: that's it's not to much). And these are the most actual ones? Not that I care to much, because it seems that DMC++ can handle most Win32 code just for interest. Robert

"Robert M. Münch" <robert.muench@robertmuench.de> wrote in message news:a0pi6s$1mjr$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> "Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:a0p83u$1h3i$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > You're correct, Digital Mars does need a license to redistribute those
> files
> > with the Microsoft copyright in them. Microsoft was kind enough to grant Digital Mars the necessary license.
>
> Hi, I hope they don't charge you anything for it (or if: that's it's not
to
> much). And these are the most actual ones? Not that I care to much,
because
> it seems that DMC++ can handle most Win32 code just for interest. Robert

Microsoft keeps adding to them, but that doesn't make the earlier ones obsolete. Changing any of the existing API functions is beyond anyone's capability!

> Microsoft keeps adding to them, but that doesn't make the earlier ones obsolete. Changing any of the existing API functions is beyond anyone's capability!
>

I don't use many new features in the api now,
but if I use some in the future, maybe DMC++
doesn't support it?

"danny" <danny@server.hftc.com> wrote in message news:a18tf6$2236$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > Microsoft keeps adding to them, but that doesn't make the earlier ones obsolete. Changing any of the existing API functions is beyond anyone's capability!
> >
>
> I don't use many new features in the api now,
> but if I use some in the future, maybe DMC++
> doesn't support it?


Since DMC++ supports the interface conventions to the API, and is binary compatible with VC++ data structures, I don't see a reason why it wouldn't support it (although you may need to add in a declaration in a header file).