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echo: os2prog
to: Thomas King
from: Michael Douglass
date: 1994-07-19 13:53:16
subject: RWPOS2 Undocumented

TK> -=> Quoting Michael Douglass to Thomas King <=-

TK> TK>Can somebody please give me a hand with figuring out how to
  > >access the undocumented API called Win32StretchPointer()
  > >referenced in "Real World Programming for OS/2 2.1". I am using

TK> MD> No problem, simply add to your .DEF file (ie. for the MINIMDI program,
  > MD> you would modify MINIMDI.DEF) add the following line:

TK> MD> IMPORTS Win32StretchPointer=PMWIN.968

TK>Okay I did that and it worked great, thanks.  If you have a minute or two :-
  >would you mind explaining to me why the ".968" on the end
of PMWIN? I use
  >the IDE exclusively and have very little experience with .DEF files.

I believe (I'm new to using DLLs myself) that 968 is the ordinal
assigned to the function Win32StretchPointer and it is found in the
PMWIN.DLL file.  (Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is the
meaning.)

Michael Douglass
OS/2 2.1'n it!!!
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