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- Microsoft Pre-Releases Win32 API Specifications
- Software Developers Get Head Start on 32-Bit Windows-based Applications
- with New Books from Microsoft Press
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- As part of the Open Process forum, Microsoft Corporation has announced the
- release of detailed programming information on the Microsoft Win32'
- application programming interface in the Microsoft WIN32 APPLICATION
- PROGRAMMING INTERFACE: THE PROGRAMMER'S REFERENCE from Microsoft Press.
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- Win32 is the new Microsoft Windows 32-bit application programming interface
- (API) supported by the Windows NT' operating system. Available to users
- later this year, Windows NT will offer the same user interface as Windows
- and will have the ability to run all existing applications for the
- Microsoft Windows and MS-DOS operating systems. Windows NT will offer
- advanced operating system features needed for specialized applications,
- high-performance networks, and advanced workstations.
-
- Published in two volumes, the MICROSOFT WIN32 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING
- INTERFACE: THE PROGRAMMER'S REFERENCE contains essential information on
- the 32-bit API. Volume 1 contains overview information, the Guide to
- Programming, and the alphabetical API reference from A-G. Volume 2
- completes the API reference from H-Z and includes information on Dynamic
- Data Exchange (DDE) transaction types; system messages, notifications,
- structures, and types; and macros.
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- "Studying the Win32 spec will help developers plan and design new 32-bit
- applications for Windows in advance of the Software Development Kit for
- Windows NT," said Cameron Myhrvold, director of developer relations at
- Microsoft. "Microsoft wants to let developers know what to anticipate, so
- they can be prepared to take the best advantage of the opportunities the
- Win32 API in Windows NT will offer."
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- A postage-paid registration card in the back of volume 1 enables customers
- to qualify for special discounts on the Microsoft Win32 Software
- Development Kit and on updated editions of volumes 1 and 2 of the
- MICROSOFT WIN32 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE: THE PROGRAMMER'S
- REFERENCE.
-
- Microsoft Corporation's Open Process invites leading commercial software
- developers to participate in the design and refinement of Microsoft
- operating systems. By previewing design specifications long before they
- are finalized, developers instigate changes in the operating system which
- help them build better applications, and more effectively plan for the use
- of Microsoft innovations in their products.
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- The Authorized Edition
- Running Word for Windows
- Complete Coverage of Microsoft Word for Windows Version 2
-
- RUNNING WORD FOR WINDOWS from Microsoft Press is the definitive guide to
- the document processing software for the 1990s.
-
- Previously titled Working with Word for Windows, this all-new edition
- provides complete coverage of Microsoft Word for Windows and details the
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-
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-
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-
- Russell Borland has been a technical writer for Microsoft Corporation for
- 11 years and was a member of the Microsoft Word for Windows product-design
- team. Borland is the author of Microsoft WordBasic Primer and coauthor of
- Windows 3.1 Companion, both published by Microsoft Press.
-
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- Microsoft Press, the trade book division of Microsoft Corporation,
- publishes a wide range of quality books on computer programming, software
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