X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <46BB42F5.4010305@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:38:13 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: cygwin and windows API References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Lewis Hyatt wrote: > Steven Woody wrote: >> hi, >> >> can i directly call Windows APIs ( such as creating a window, reading >> from a file ) from a cygwin program written in C ? if the answer is >> yes, i want to know how i should do that, thanks! >> >> > > Just #include and write whatever windows program you want, > it will compile fine with gcc. If your question is how to write windows > programs, this list isn't likely to help you out but there is tons of > info on the web, you can start here: http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/ The only caution I'd add is that you don't want to mix the usage of services from both Windows and Cygwin. For example, you shouldn't just expect things like sockets created with in the Windows API to work with Cygwin calls and vice versa. Also, if your goal is to write a pure Windows program, you either want to use the '-mno-cygwin' flag when you build with Cygwin's gcc or use Mingw's. Either will make sure you don't rely on Cygwin's runtime, which you don't need for a pure Windows program. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/