WIN32 API Programming with Visual Basic Steven Roman
Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Becoming a good Visual Basic 6 programmer took much less time than becoming a good C++ programmer, the primary alternative at the time. Integrated Development Environment. This instructable is for programmers of any skill level who know the basics of c++ and want to become familiar with the Win32 API. In this case, we will be learning the Win32 API by programming a simple integer calculator with the help of Visual Studio 2010. - David Platt Once you added in some of the advanced techniques with tools like Dan Appleman's SpyWorks and other comparatively low-level API tools, it was arguably near as powerful and productive as its more advanced brother, MFC and C++. You have just built a simple calculator using Win32 API and Visual Studio 2010! WinRT Language projection is a way that exposes native APIs to three different types of language: Native language (C/C++), managed language ( C#/VB.NET), as well as Html5 and JavaScript. Besides WinRT APIs, Windows Store app also supports a subset of Win32 APIs. NET Framework 1.0 (2002), which is incompatible with Windows 7 (2009). Application Programming Interface. A programmer can put together an application using the components provided with Visual Basic itself. Programs written in Visual Basic can also use the Windows API, but doing so requires external function declarations.