This is the share for the Windows API Type Library. Two versions are
available:

win.tlb       VB5 ANSI version
winu.tlb      VB5 Unicode version

The source builds either or both using the MKWIN batch file. It is
possible to set up the project so that you can build under the
Microsoft C++ environment. I had this working under Microsoft Visual
C++, version 4.2, but did not get around to converting it to the
current version 5.0. Microsoft Developer's Studio.

The source files must be built with MIDL, the Interface Description
Language compiler. Unfortunately, this compiler is not provided with
Visual Basic, which instead supplies the old MKTYPLIB compiler for the
Object Description Language (ODL). These two languages are similar,
but not compatible. I use many techniques that are incompatible with
ODL. You'll need to get a copy of a recent MIDL compiler from Visual
C++ or MSDN to build this source.

I could write several long articles about type library techniques,
discovered mostly by trial and error. An article on ODL is provided
elsewhere on this CD, but does not cover many of the IDL techniques
used in the current library source. You'll have to discover these
tricks by studying the source.

I created the type library by inserting C include files, commenting
them out, and then commenting in completed definitions as I wrote
them. As you can imagine, this makes a messy source file. Large
portions of the source are commented out--just waiting for your
enhancements.

The library source is provided for your information only. You may
enhance it for your own use, but please don't redistribute modified
source or type libraries. Instead, send your enhancements to
brucem@pobox.com. I will integrate changes and make them available to
readers. I don't want many slightly different and possibly
incompatible versions floating around.

The TestTlb and TestTlbU Visual Basic projects on the disk illustrate
a few type library techniques related to Unicode and ANSI versions.

Bruce McKinney