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can someone help me as to how to use API's and VB 6, docs tuts references anything!

Theres some good tutorials on the net just search for them on google.  API calls vary from program to program as well

thanx I'm reading them now

I jus need to know the kinds of things that can be done with them really

download the API-Guide on http://www.allapi.net

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what's wrong with the api wouter, it's just the windows core. you can do a lot with it if you know a bit about windows programming

yes thats right but it's BUGGY
belive me

i use more api functions then anything else, and most of them aren't buggy if you use them like you should

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Originally posted by wipey
I jus need to know the kinds of things that can be done with them really

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If you can't do some thing with API, you can't do it. Windows provides a lot of functions (more than 900) that help to the programmers to make more things with their programms. In fact, all programms call at least one API. All the things a program does, like open files, play sounds, show windows, etc... are done through API, althrough you don't call APIs explicitly in your program.

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Originally posted by [Wouter]
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APIs are needed. Imagine you are in VB and want to change the caption of your window. Just type Form1.Caption = "New text". Easy, isn't it? Well, now suppose you want to change the text of a window that you don't below. A window of other program. What can you do? You can't use the .Caption property. You need API.

I suggest you to read this article: http://www.pietschsoft.com/programming/vbapi/articles/intro/index.html or, at least, the 1st point.