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- From: Ed McCreary <edm@twisto.compaq.com>
- Subject: Re: Source Code?
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- Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 15:04:19 GMT
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- Dennis Jarvis wrote:
- >
- > Does anyone know if the source code for the Windows Write program is available
- > or the specs for the .WRI file structure? Is it public domain? Is there a
- > phone, email or other where I could get this info from Microsoft?
- >
- > I need to build a new application and this simple WP would be a great place to
- > start without re-inventing the wheel.
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- The file format is detailed in the online help that comes with your compiler.
- Look under "File Formats".
-
- The source code is not available, and from what I hear it's probably just
- as well. It's supposed to be a programmer's worst nightmare.
-
- But, the source to wordpad does ship with VC++ 4.0. You may want to look at
- that.
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