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- From: karlth@rhi.hi.is (Karl Thoroddsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- Subject: Re: who reads UNDOCUMENTED WINDOWS
- Keywords: Undocumented windows
- Message-ID: <5639@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 09:46:28 GMT
- References: <tflin.6.0@csie.nctu.edu.tw> <1992Nov21.180313.10195@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- In <1992Nov21.180313.10195@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> ebergman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Eric Bergman-Terrell) writes:
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- >In article <tflin.6.0@csie.nctu.edu.tw> tflin@csie.nctu.edu.tw (Tsung-Fan Lin.) writes:
- >>Hi:
- >> In these days, BYTES and PC magazine both talked about a new book,called "
- >>Undocumented windows". There are some companies to criticize Microsoft to
- >>hide these calls and let their applications have more chances to win
- >>markets. Maybe it is unfair. But I want to know who to read this book. I
- >>there is , can you tell me about the powers of these calls and functions.
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- >The functions are so powerful, they can cause your application to stop
- >working when the next version of Windows is developed!
-
- :-)
-
- Most of the undocumented functions are pretty useless and those who are of
- any use are used by the other major companies as well. Lotus, Borland etc.
- acted shocked when they were asked about their opinions on this matter, but
- the truth is that they themselves have used undocumented calls extensivly
- (Borland's Resource Workshop has about 20-30).
-
- Undocumented calls in Windows should rather be called Semi-Documented calls
- because their descriptive names aren't hidden, only the parameters are. I
- ain't trying to whitewash Microsoft, but Lotus and Borlands' complaints
- are purely political.
-
- Ciao.
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- \ Internet: karlth@rhi.hi.is \ Karl Thoroddsen University Of Iceland
- \ Respect... , Peter Ustinov \ Department Of Computer Science
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