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Jan 8, 2000, 12:03pm

how would i make my bots run in windows, rather then dos? i know its in the
scripting and the program type but i never bothered to learn, just because i
had no major need to and also had no place to learn - does anyone have a
webpage for it?

Jan 9, 2000, 9:07am

> how would i make my bots run in windows, rather then dos? i know its in the
> scripting and the program type but i never bothered to learn, just because i
> had no major need to and also had no place to learn - does anyone have a
> webpage for it?

If you program in C, you'll need to work directly with the Windows API. If
you can program in C++, you can use Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) to
help you. Both of these are rather tricky if you've never used them before.
In fact, there are very few people that actually understand the entire MFC.

VB is an option if you are comfortable with BASIC. Designing the interface
is easier in VB, however you do lose some control over the finer details.
However if you simply call the Windows API routines from VB, you can get all
the control you want again.

My suggestion is that you use VB if you *really* want a windows interface.
Otherwise, just stick with C/C++ and console apps.

P.S. If you use VB, you'll need to check out Mr. Grimm's OCX for the SDK.


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