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echo: delphi
to: TERRY SLACK
from: STEVE BATSON
date: 1997-03-07 11:00:00
subject: Help files

TS>        I am new to Delphi (new to programming period actually) and am 
TS> in dire need of some reference material.  Throughout the Delphi  
TS> manual and another book Delphi for Dummies, the authors make many 
TS> references to Delphi and Windows API function calls.  I have found a 
TS> very good reference to some of these functions in the online help, 
TS> but I would prefer a list on paper of these function.  Printing a 
TS> windows help file is an exercise in futility with gobs of wasted 
TS> paper space.  Does anyone out there know of a *.txt file that lists 
TS> most of the Delphi and the common Windows functions along with a 
TS> brief description and a syntax example with parameters and results?  
TS> This would greatly shorten the learning curve for Delphi 2.0.  Thanx 
TS> in advance.
Terry, 
      I'd recommend getting a good book on the Windows API. There several 
good out there. Many are geared to C or Visual Basic, but it is fairly easy 
to translate to Delphi. 
Hope this helps. It would be nice to have a good book on the API for Delphi 
though. 
Steve
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