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Visual Basic 6 Using the Win 32 API Part I

This course provides an overview of the Microsoft Win32 application programming interface (API), how it is organized, and some of its features that you can use in your Visual Basic Windows applications. The Win32 API includes services that go beyond the core language and controls provided with Visual Basic such as system management, networking, printing, and security. This course will show you how to gain access to the Windows API by declaring the external procedures within your Visual Basic application. The course is written to Visual Basic 6.0.

Using the Win 32 API Part I training covers such topics as:

Introduction to the Windows API
Declaring and Calling API Functions
Calling APIs from Visual Basic

Visual Basic 6 Using the Win 32 API Part II

This course describes how to use some of the more common Win32 API drawing functions, and explains how to obtain and release a device context and how to draw dots, lines, and rectangles on a form or control. It describes how to change pen and brush styles. The course explains how to place a text string on a control or form using pixel coordinates. This course describes the functions used for creating, writing and reading files. It explains how the Windows registry is accessed and manipulated. The course describes the Windows Networking functions that are included in the Win32 API. It describes how to write code to create and cancel connections with network resources, map a network drive, and retrieve information on network status.

Using the Win 32 API Part II training covers such topics as:

Using API Graphics Functions
Files and Registry APIs
Networking API Functions

This course is designed for intermediate to advanced Visual Basic application programmers. Completion of this course and other course titles from this curriculum prepares the learner for the Microsoft Exam #70-175: Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Visual Basic 6.0.