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- From: mcpn@ukc.ac.uk (M.C.P.Noronha)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: 32-bit vs 16-bit APIs
- Date: Mon, 01 Jan 96 22:02:06 GMT
- Organization: University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
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- Hi folks,
- I'm writing an application that interfaces between assorted databases and
- does some other not-very-interesting stuff, and I have to use a number of
- different APIs for some of it.
-
- ONE of the proprietary APIs is 16-bit win31, but everything else (including
- the app itself) can be 32-bit.
-
- My question: Is there any way I can use the MSVC++ 32-bit compiler and the
- other 32-bit versions of the APIs, whilst still using this one 16-bit API,
- or do I really have no choice but to drag everything down to the lowest
- common denominator (i.e. 16-bit programs and APIs) ? Or am I missing the
- point somewhere ?!
-
- Thanks,
- M
-