Sorry folks, false alarm. Several people have told me that Kernal32.dll is in Windows 2000 and that it's in WINNT\SYSTEM32. It's not missing after all, and it appears that making all the usual calls to the Windows API from MapBasic is still possible. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Thoen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "MapInfo-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 3:19 AM > Subject: MI-L The Future of MapBasic regarding the Windows API > > > Jacques Paris and I have been discussing a problem that might > > concern MapBasic developers who use Windows API calls in their code. > > Functions like WritePrivateProfileString() require Kernel32.dll, but > > it doesn't appear to be in Windows2000. Is this true? If so, what's > > the alternative to using API functions found in Kernel32.dll? > > > > I don't have W2000 myself, but with more people being assimilated by > > Windows 2000 and soon to be sliding down the razor bladed upgrade > > path into the salt water of XP, we would like to know if there is a > > potential computability issue regarding API calls about to develop > > here. > > > > Will sum. -- - Bill Thoen ------------------------------------------------------------ GISnet, 1401 Walnut St., Suite C, Boulder, CO 80302 tel: 303-786-9961, fax: 303-443-4856 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.gisnet.com ------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
