Microsoft KB Archive/66802

Table of Contents: TIPS.TXT

PSS ID Number: Q66802 Article last modified on 11-05-1993

3.00 MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

The Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) contains a text file called TIPS.TXT. This file addresses some of the most common questions asked by developers of Windows version 3.00 applications. The SDK installation procedure copies TIPS.TXT into the same directory as the SDK tools (by default, this is the WINDEV directory). This article contains an outline of the TIPS.TXT file.

= MORE INFORMATION =


 * 1) User interface 1.1 Communicating with Program Manager via DDE 1.2 Making my application the Windows shell 1.3 Drag & Drop information 1.4 Controls 1.4.1 Using a fixed font 1.4.2 List boxes Setting tabs in list boxes Multi-column list boxes Multi-selection list boxes Scroll bar in list boxes 1.4.3 Combo boxes 1.4.4 Buttons 1.4.5 Edit controls 1.4.6 Subclassing 1.4.7 Registering new window classes in a DLL 1.5 General information about controls and dialog boxes 1.6 Private class dialog boxes – Petzold’s HEXCALC and how to make it work 1.7 WinHelp 1.8 Limitations on system resources 1.8.1 Max number of windows allowed 1.8.2 Menus and their effect on system resources 1.8.3 Calculating free system resources 1.9 Metafiles – SelectObject and DeleteObject 1.10 Font as a resource in an EXE
 * 2) Real/EMS/Standard mode issues 2.1 Large memory allocations in Standard vs. Enhanced mode 2.2 WIN87EM.DLL and WIN87EM.EXE
 * 3) Development environment and tools related topics 3.1 Getting your application ready for retail release 3.2 C run time C5 vs. C6 3.2.1 Int86 and int86x C run-time functions 3.2.2 The alternate math library and multiple instances of your program 3.2.3 Huge segment subtraction did not work in C 5.1; relink with C 6 libraries 3.2.4 Removing level 4 warning messages 3.2.5 Using constant expressions in c6 3.2.6 C6 compiler options – Using -Ow switch 3.3 LINK 5.10 3.4 C 5.1’s MAKE, C 6.0’s NMAKE and NMK file maintenance utilities 3.5 No MS Pascal support for Win 3 SDK 3.6 Programmer’s WorkBench (PWB) 3.7 RC Compiler -v Switch 3.8 CVW and Win 2.x applications 3.9 Help compiler (HC) and help files 3.10 How much general protection is there under Windows 3.0

Additional reference words: 3.00 KBCategory: KBSubcategory: TlsFlsTips Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.