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4 unusual facts about Windows API


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However, if one is creating an application in the Windows API he or she can simply add a line to the program's resource script before compilation.

Linux kernel API

Windows API – article on various API available on Microsoft Windows operating systems

Memory-mapped file

NET runtime, P/Invoke can be used to use memory mapped files directly through the Windows API.

Visual DialogScript

VDS programs have access to the Windows API; therefore, it is possible to write applications that can perform the same advanced tasks as other programming languages such as Visual Basic, C++, or Delphi.


Hungarian notation

In particular, use of Hungarian notation was widely evangelized by Charles Petzold's "Programming Windows", the original (and for many readers, the definitive) book on Windows API programming.


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