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- From: marnold@netcom.com (Matt Arnold)
- Subject: Re: I Need Help with BC++4.02 under Windows 95
- Message-ID: <marnoldDLD8IL.MC4@netcom.com>
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- References: <30F7F46E.183E@yvax.byu.edu> <4d9vuv$t2l@upsnews.ups.com> <4dje9l$tq4@spider.bailey.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 07:23:09 GMT
- Sender: marnold@netcom9.netcom.com
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- rob.davenport@bailey.com (Rob Davenport) writes:
-
- >In article <4d9vuv$t2l@upsnews.ups.com>,
- > ezsoldos@corvette.microserve.com (Ellis Zsoldos) wrote:
- >>Check your installation. Make sure that you have installed all of the
- >>32 bit libraries.
-
- >I assume with BC++4.02 under Win95, any 32bit apps I write will not have
- >access to long filenames, .lnks, or any of the new custom controls, correct?
-
- I'm pretty sure you can get long names if you just use Win32's CreateFile()
- and related functions. Also, you can get the Windows 95 style file open
- and save dialogs by using the right flags with GetOpenFileName(), etc..
-
- I believe shortcuts (.LNKs) must be accessed through the shell's OLE
- interface. I suppose you would need the right OLE headers for that.
- I don't think they came with 4.02.
-
- But, while it's true Borland C++ 4.02 doesn't directly support the things
- you mention, it's still possible to create programs that use those OS
- features with 4.02, provided you get the right headers, etc. from some
- other source.
-
- Borland C++ 5.0, which is designed for Win32 programming on 95 and
- NT should be out early this year. Windows 95 will be supported fully
- by 5.0.
-
- In the meantime, Borland C++ 4.5 (actual latest version is 4.53) does
- come with many Windows 95-ready Win32 headers and ships with a Win32
- import library (IMPORT32.LIB) that, among other things, definitely
- contains the new common control entry-points.
-
- If you update your 4.02 to 4.52, you'd have a lot more built-in
- Windows 95 support than you do now to tide you over until 5.0 comes
- out.
-
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