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I'm trying to decide whether or not I want to learn win32 or MFC for windows programming.<P>I have the Programming Windows With MFC right now and am about a third of the way through it with no ...

Microsoft is opening up old Win32 APIs long used for 32-bit Windows programming, letting coders use languages of their choice instead of the default C/C++ option or individual workarounds. As its name ...

I have a base object with a member:<BR><BR>static HPEN redPen; <BR><BR>then I have another member:<BR><BR>HPEN currentPen;<BR><BR>I also have some other colored pens that I initialize in my ...

It's 2020, and Microsoft is still juggling two very different APIs (application programming interfaces) in Windows 10. In one corner, you've got the old-school Win32 API and its decades-long legacy.