Windows32 API Library ANNOUNCE
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This is version 0.1.2 of the Windows32 API Library.

What is the Windows32 API Library?

It is a set of header files and import libraries that can be used by
GNU tools for compiling and linking programs to be run under operating
systems supporting the Win32 Application Programming Interface.  The
two currently known operating systems which support the Win32 API are
Microsoft's Windows NT and Windows 95.

The library has been designed in such a fashion that the header files
are created by the library's executables based upon a set of native
Win32 headers; the creation process follows these general steps:

	* Install Windows32 API Library on an operating system with
	native Win32 header files.

	* Compile the Windows32 API Library executables with the native
	Win32 header files.

	* Execute the Windows32 API Library executables to generate the
	set of freely distributable header files.

The header files allow source code using the Windows32 API Library to
be compiled into object code, but import libraries are required to
link with the object code and create executable programs.  Import
libraries do not contain the actual code for Win32 functions, instead
they contain function exports which cause the executable to load a DLL
during runtime.  A DLL (Dynamic Link Library) contains the executable
code for the Windows32 API functions, and the DLL is really a part of the
operating system and not this library.

I am able to compile my program with the header files, but where are
the libraries for creating an executable?

This first version of the Windows32 API Library is lacking the import
libraries which are required for creating an executable.  They will
be available in the next major release of this library.  For now, you 
will need to use either the Microsoft libraries or the libraries in 
the Cygnus gnu-win32 release.


Creators rejoice!
Scott Christley
scottc@net-community.com

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Check out the Cygnus Corporation. (http://www.cygnus.com)

Microsoft, Win32, and Windows are registered trademarks, and Windows
NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

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