Where to get header files?

[ilyad]

Hello,

Do you know a website where I can get header files .h which are referenced in MSDN? Such as commctrl.h for example?

Can I use these header files with no change in VFP?

Appreciate your responses.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Ilyad,

I don't know of any central place to find these files. Usually, you wouldn't look to download a particular file. Rather, you would look for a place that contains the values of the constants referenced by the controls.

One way to get that information is in the VFP object browser. If you read the Help for the object browser, it will tell you how to find all the "enumerated constants" for a given component. Those are the values that you will put into your header file.

Alternatively, don't use a header file at all. Just use the numeric values of the defined constants in your code.

Mike


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[ilyad]

Mike,

Thanks a lot for your response. However, I still need to get these files. I can find most constants at

http://www.news2news.com/vfp/w32constants.php

but I still may want to at least look at the header files. I wish Microsoft will give us a link in KB articles to these files.

Yesterday I tried google search for commctrl.h and it was to no avail.

 

[dgrewe]

the commctrl.h file comes with

MS SDK Download (Free)
M$ Visual Studios (Not Free)
M$ Visual Studio .NET (Not Free)



David W. Grewe (Dave)

 

[JanBucek]

Get utility GetConstants from

http://www.west-wind.com

- it extracts constants from selected type library and saves it as header file.

 

[ilyad]

Thanks, JanBucek. I think I can get constants for type library from the Object Browser. I was talking about constants that accompany most Windows API functions.

DWGrewe, thanks. Can you post links, please?

 

[JanBucek]

> I think I can get constants for type library from the Object Browser. I was talking about constants that accompany most Windows API functions....

so do I: You can extract with GetConstants constants from any type-library (dll, olb, tlb, ocx, exe ..) that contains it and save them into ready to use header file.
Examples: DBgrid32.ocx, wscript.exe in %win%/system32, excel9.olb in Program Files/Microsoft Office/Office and many more.

 

[dgrewe]

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David W. Grewe (Dave)

 

[ilyad]

Thank you all for your help. Much appreciated.