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how to call windows API functions from C program?

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prajakta

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the windows API functions contained in DLL
files can be called from visual basic. can
they also be called from C program? how?
please tell me about it.
 
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You have to simply include the apropriate header file and call the function.
I think #include<windows.h> would help for most of the commonly used functions.
 
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Yes, and during linking you shouls add <name>.lib exported library for your <name>.dll in command line to resolve this function calls.
 
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