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Windows32API - Header files and libraries for GNU tools for OSes supporting the Windows 32 API
It is a set of header files and import libraries
that can be used by GNU tools for compiling and linking programs to be
run under operating systems supporting the Win32 Application
Programming Interface.
Header files are created by the library's executables based upon a set
of native Win32 headers; the creation process follows these general
steps:
* Install Windows32 API Library on an operating system with
native Win32 header files.
* Compile the Windows32 API Library executables with the native
Win32 header files.
* Execute the Windows32 API Library executables to generate the
set of freely distributable header files.
The header files allow source code using the Windows32 API Library to
be compiled into object code, but import libraries are required to
link with the object code and create executable programs. Import
libraries do not contain the actual code for Win32 functions, instead
they contain function exports which cause the executable to load a DLL
during runtime. A DLL (Dynamic Link Library) contains the executable
code for the Windows32 API functions, and the DLL is really a part of the
operating system and not this library.
This package is no longer under active development.
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| | Version 0.1.2 (alpha) released on 1999-01-08 | | | Licensed under LGPL. | | This is not a GNU package. |
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